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Its one satellite, Charon, was discovered… Very Easy 883
An aggregate of millions to hundreds… Very Easy 957
Seasonal changes are caused when the… Easy 1028
If “waning” indicates the period between… Easy 1058
In the spring and fall there… Easy 1067
What body in the solar system… Easy 1022
Olympus Mons, the solar system’s largest… Easy 1040
Which planet in our solar system… Hard 1336
This force is believed to be… Very Easy 940
The Sun’s corona is most visible… Easy 1081
The Chaldeans made great progress in… Easy 1102
This indicates what constellation: The middle… Easy 1060
What $1.5 billion telescope was placed… Easy 1063
In 1910, thousands and perhaps millions… Easy 1036
Multicolored lights that appear in the… Medium 1179
The central region of a star,… Easy 1020
Until around 1600, it was commonly… Medium 1157
What star, known as the Dog… Medium 1212
What is the only known satellite… Hard 1366
What are believed to form when… Very Easy 690
What are the extremely energetic rays… Very Hard 1525
In Greek mythology, this vain queen… Medium 1274
The region between the orbits of… Very Easy 974
A billion years ago, what was… Easy 1009
If you were to arrange Earth,… Easy 1019
This prolific meteor shower that occurs… Hard 1285
This astronomer released his treatise De… Hard 1304
Formed in 1919, the IAU is… Hard 1315
By what name is the binary… Medium 1242
What dark nebula is located in… Hard 1378
What abbreviated term for a quasi-stellar… Hard 1290
What comet, also called The Great… Hard 1306
Sirius is the brightest star in… Very Hard 1473
What space telescope, to be launched… Very Hard 1470
What ancient astronomer's text the Almagest… Hard 1342
The Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 famously collided… Medium 1162
This astronomical term refers to a… Very Easy 935
Name the Space Telescope that was… Easy 1057
The brightest star in the night… Medium 1269
Which is the closest planet to… Easy 1012
What is the belt of space… Hard 1369
The only one of Ptolemy's original… Very Easy 991
The second largest moon of Neptune… Very Hard 1411
What massive planet was named after… Very Easy 909
Largest of the dwarf planets of… Hard 1308
Largest of Uranus' inner moons, it… Medium 1118
What second-largest moon of Saturn was… Hard 1401
What satellite of Jupiter is named… Hard 1316
Slain by Hephaestus with molten iron… Very Hard 1419
What trans-Neptunian dwarf planet is named… Very Hard 1412