Astronomy Test |
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| The Solar System, part 3 | |
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Test - The Solar System, Part 3
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This test is worth 3 points
21. What is the approximate date of the Earth's autumnal (Northern hemisphere) equinox?
22. Why do the planets sometimes appear to move backwards across the sky? What is this occasional motion called?
23. According to Kepler, the planets move around the Sun in an orbit of what shape?
24. Why do we see the other planets near the ecliptic, rather than just anywhere in the sky?
25. How do we think the planets formed? (Name the theory, and briefly explain it)
26. Despite the beliefs of the flat earth proponents, even the ancients knew that the Earth was round. How did they know this?
27. What causes a meteor shower?
28. Where does the asteroid belt orbit?
29. What do the large number of craters seen on most solid planetary surfaces mean?
30. What and where is the Kuiper Belt?
Updated 11/04/2007