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Its one satellite, Charon, was discovered… Very Easy 880
An aggregate of millions to hundreds… Very Easy 953
Seasonal changes are caused when the… Easy 1033
If “waning” indicates the period between… Easy 1055
In the spring and fall there… Easy 1069
What body in the solar system… Easy 1019
Olympus Mons, the solar system’s largest… Easy 1041
Which planet in our solar system… Hard 1332
This force is believed to be… Very Easy 942
The Sun’s corona is most visible… Easy 1085
The Chaldeans made great progress in… Easy 1103
This indicates what constellation: The middle… Easy 1063
What $1.5 billion telescope was placed… Easy 1065
In 1910, thousands and perhaps millions… Easy 1031
Multicolored lights that appear in the… Medium 1171
The central region of a star,… Easy 1015
Until around 1600, it was commonly… Medium 1154
What star, known as the Dog… Medium 1208
What is the only known satellite… Hard 1365
What are believed to form when… Very Easy 682
What are the extremely energetic rays… Very Hard 1530
In Greek mythology, this vain queen… Medium 1272
The region between the orbits of… Very Easy 964
A billion years ago, what was… Easy 1007
If you were to arrange Earth,… Easy 1021
This prolific meteor shower that occurs… Hard 1281
This astronomer released his treatise De… Hard 1305
Formed in 1919, the IAU is… Hard 1311
By what name is the binary… Medium 1233
What dark nebula is located in… Hard 1381
What abbreviated term for a quasi-stellar… Hard 1290
What comet, also called The Great… Hard 1303
Sirius is the brightest star in… Very Hard 1470
What space telescope, to be launched… Very Hard 1472
What ancient astronomer's text the Almagest… Hard 1342
The Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 famously collided… Medium 1165
This astronomical term refers to a… Very Easy 936
Name the Space Telescope that was… Easy 1060
The brightest star in the night… Medium 1269
Which is the closest planet to… Easy 1010
What is the belt of space… Hard 1371
The only one of Ptolemy's original… Very Easy 992
The second largest moon of Neptune… Very Hard 1404
What massive planet was named after… Very Easy 901
Largest of the dwarf planets of… Hard 1304
Largest of Uranus' inner moons, it… Medium 1110
What second-largest moon of Saturn was… Very Hard 1404
What satellite of Jupiter is named… Hard 1316
Slain by Hephaestus with molten iron… Very Hard 1413
What trans-Neptunian dwarf planet is named… Very Hard 1414