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2 Our Galaxy is called …? H the Mars Bar T the Milky Way

3 Mars has how many moons? H 1 T 2

4 The star Betelgeuse is a H red giant ? T white dwarf ?

5 Which is the biggest planet in our Solar System? H Saturn T Jupiter

6 Which planet has the hottest surface? H Mercury T Venus

7 The largest mountain in the Solar System is on H Mars T The Earth

8 How many Earths would fit in the Sun? H a million T a thousand

9 The smallest planet in the Solar System is H Pluto T Mercury

10 How many stars can you see in the sky with your unaided eye? H 60,000 T 6,000

11 Phoebe orbits around which planet? H Saturn T Uranus

12 How many moons has Jupiter? H 63 T 23

13 Which is the correct order of the planets away from the Sun? H Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus T Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

14 The greatest number of people in space at any one time was H 13 T 11

15 This is a … H Womble T Clanger

16 How far is the Sun away from Earth? H 150 million km T 15 million km

17 Which shows a picture of Mars? H T

18 How many people have walked on the Moon? H 12 T 9

19 How many planets have been found round other stars so far? H around 50 T around 250

20 Which is the fourth biggest planet in our Solar System? H Neptune T Uranus

21 The first piloted spaceflight was in H 1961 T 1973

22 How many Earths could you fit in Jupiter ? H 1300 T 130

23 No-one has walked on the Moon since… H 1971 T 1972

24 What is the name of the brightest star? H Sirius T Betelgeuse

25 How long is Jupiter’s day? H 10 Earth-hours T 10 Earth-days

26 How many (Earth-)years does it take Neptune to travel round the Sun? H 165 T 325

27 The longest a spacecraft has lasted on the surface of Venus is H 2 hours and 14 minutes T 14 hours and 2 minutes

28 How many of the giant gas planets in our Solar System have rings around them ? H 2 T 4

29 This crater is on H Mars T the Earth

30 How many satellites has Uranus? H 31 T 27

31 The most volcanically active body in the Solar System is H the Earth T Io

32 Sputnik was launched in H 1957 T 1958

33 The fastest winds in the Solar System are found on H Jupiter T Neptune

34 Umbriel is a moon around H Uranus T Neptune

35 Uranus was discovered in what year? H 1871 T 1781

36 The largest storm in the Solar System is on H Jupiter T Mars

37 This moon of Saturn is called H Phoebe T Hyperion

38 In what year was Pluto discovered? H 1930 T 1910

39 Which planet is half-way out to Pluto from the Sun? H Uranus T Jupiter

40 Mimas is a moon of…? H Uranus T Saturn

41 The first woman in space flew in H 1963 T 1965

42 Triton orbits which planet in our Solar System? H Saturn T Neptune

43 In what year was Neptune discovered? H 1846 T 1781