Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Solar System

Which spacecraft first landed on an asteroid?

Answer

NEAR Shoemaker

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Solar System

What is the name of the star at the center of our solar system?

Answer

Sun

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Solar System

What is the name of the second largest planet?

Answer

Saturn

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Solar System

How many natural satellites does Earth have?

Answer

1

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• The Solar System

How many planets in the solar system have rings?

Answer

4

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• The Solar System

Which planet is the second smallest?

Answer

Mars

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Sun

Which NASA spacecraft collected solar wind samples and returned them to Earth in 2004?

Answer

Genesis

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• The Sun

What is the characteristic period of the Sun's p-mode oscillations in minutes?

Answer

5 minutes

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sun

What color does the Sun appear when viewed from space outside Earth's atmosphere?

Answer

White

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• The Sun

Which element was first discovered in the Sun's spectrum before being found on Earth?

Answer

Helium

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Sun

What is the study of sound waves propagating through the Sun called?

Answer

Helioseismology

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Sun

What is the approximate pressure at the Sun's core in billions of Earth atmospheres?

Answer

250 billion

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