Celestial Mechanics and Astronomical Discoveries Quiz

Test your knowledge of celestial mechanics with questions on planetary motion, orbits, comets, and astronomical discoveries. How well do you know the cosmos?

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2. What is the main force responsible for keeping celestial bodies in orbit?

Electromagnetic force
Gravitational force
Strong nuclear force
Weak nuclear force
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3. Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?

Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Saturn
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13. What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
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14. Who proposed the laws of motion and universal gravitation?

Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Tycho Brahe
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17. Which galaxy is the closest to the Milky Way?

Andromeda Galaxy
Triangulum Galaxy
Whirlpool Galaxy
Sombrero Galaxy
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19. Who developed the three laws of motion that describe the relationship between a body and the forces acting on it?

Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Tycho Brahe
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23. What is the phenomenon where the Moon appears larger and brighter in the sky?

Lunar eclipse
Supermoon
Blood moon
Blue moon
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1. Who formulated the laws of planetary motion?

Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
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4. What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into Earth's orbit?

Sputnik 1
Explorer 1
Vanguard 1
Hubble Space Telescope
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6. What is the term for the point in a celestial body's orbit where it is closest to the Sun?

Perigee
Aphelion
Perihelion
Apogee
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8. Which moon of Jupiter is known for its highly volcanic activity?

Io
Ganymede
Europa
Callisto
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10. Which comet is known for its highly elliptical orbit and returns approximately every 76 years?

Hale-Bopp
Halley's Comet
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Comet Lovejoy
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12. Which famous comet, named after its discoverer, is visible from Earth approximately every 76 years?

Hale-Bopp
Halley's Comet
Comet ISON
Comet McNaught
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15. What is the phenomenon where light from a celestial body is blocked by another passing in front of it?

Occultation
Transit
Ecliptic
Zenith
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5. Which scientist proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

Ptolemy
Aristotle
Nicolas Copernicus
Claudius Ptolemy
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7. Which astronomer first proposed the concept of black holes?

Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
John Michell
Karl Schwarzschild
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9. Who discovered the law of universal gravitation?

Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
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11. What is the primary source of energy for stars?

Nuclear fusion
Solar radiation
Gravitational pull
Electromagnetic waves
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18. What is the phenomenon where a planet appears to reverse its usual direction of motion in the sky?

Retrograde motion
Prograde motion
Parallax motion
Lateral motion
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21. Which scientist proposed the theory of general relativity?

Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr
Werner Heisenberg
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25. What is the name of the famous comet that was visible in the night sky in 1997?

Halley's Comet
Hale-Bopp
Comet ISON
Comet Hyakutake

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