The Impossible Space Quiz

[Solecord]

BTW, this is a neat topic. It'd be cool if someone spent some time to post small quizzes like this every once in awhile - on any topic. I've always been interested in Astronomy and space so this just reminds me of when I had the class in College

[Baker]

I knew it was a space station so I Googled to find the name

heheh

#1

Again, after browsing some science sites I came across some news articles talking about how scientists have redefined what a planet is and the new classification would create 3 more planets in our solar system, one of which would be Ceres, an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter.

Is that correct?

Correct! Ceres is the largest asteroid and it's about 1000 km wide, which is pretty big.

My guess is #2 is a photo of an extra-solar planet.

Correct! It is the only photo we have of a planet outside the solar system. They think object B is a big gas giant like Jupiter in a close orbit.

I can't remember how they got the photo, but it was due to some peculiar circumstance.

[gulliver-trans]

My guess is #2 is a photo of an extra-solar planet.

[Solecord]

#1

Again, after browsing some science sites I came across some news articles talking about how scientists have redefined what a planet is and the new classification would create 3 more planets in our solar system, one of which would be Ceres, an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter.

Is that correct?

[Solecord]

I knew it was a space station so I Googled to find the name

[Baker]

#5 is Skylab

Hehe, how did you figure that out?

Correct! It was the first USA-made space station.

[Solecord]

#5 is Skylab

[Baker]

#7 The answer's on the page I linked to - Dactyl

Hehe, I just noticed that and was about to post.

Correct!

It's actually on Venus, because the surface isn't too visible due to the clouds in the atmosphere, so they use that color stick to figure out what the surface color is.

Correct! That is a photo of the surface of Venus by the Venera probe sent by the Soviet Union.

The surface temp on Venus is 450 C/900 F. But that wasn't the hard part for sending the probe! The surface pressure on Venus is 250 times as high as on Earth.

[Solecord]

#7 The answer's on the page I linked to - Dactyl

[QuadRaptor]

I have another guess for #9, I was thinking Mars because of the tint but I knew I had seen that picture before.

It's actually on Venus, because the surface isn't too visible due to the clouds in the atmosphere, so they use that color stick to figure out what the surface color is.

[Baker]

Updated guess:

7. Asteroid and it's moon.

I wasn't even looking for that. I was trying to find the name of some moons of the outer planets and came across this page:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040619.html

It is an asteroid, but I can't give you credit for that because the question is #7 "What is the name of dot in this picture?"

For someone to get credit for #7, they have to give the name of the dot, heheh

[Baker]

Baker, perhaps you should edit your initial post and type "SOLVED" or something next to the questions someone has answered correct - or even edit and stick the answer in there

Done!

My guesses:

1. Pluto? or it's moon Charon?

Incorrect. Good guess, this one is tough.

3. Shoemaker-Levy 9 hitting Jupiter

Correct!

4. A ring of Uranus?

Incorrect.

7. Mars? The object in the foreground looks like one of the moons of Mars.

Incorrect. I'll add some extra info ... the dot looks small because it is. The dot is only a little more than 1 mile in diameter and actually has a name.

[Solecord]

Updated guess:

7. Asteroid and it's moon.

I wasn't even looking for that. I was trying to find the name of some moons of the outer planets and came across this page:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040619.html

[Solecord]

Baker, perhaps you should edit your initial post and type "SOLVED" or something next to the questions someone has answered correct - or even edit and stick the answer in there

My guesses:

1. Pluto? or it's moon Charon?

3. Shoemaker-Levy 9 hitting Jupiter

4. A ring of Uranus?

7. Mars? The object in the foreground looks like one of the moons of Mars.

[Baker]

1: Bad render... One of Jupiter's 63 moons/satellites perhaps.

Incorrect. Not a bad guess. It's the most overlooked thing in the solar system, heheh. Most people don't even know it exists. It was discovered in the early 1800's.

3: Meteroid impact on jupiter?

Close enough, but what and when?

5: Gemini?

Incorrect. This one is pretty tough.

6: Rings of Saturn with one of its moons?

Correct! A picture of one of Saturn's moons (Mimas) in the rings.

7: Europa?

Incorrect. The dot in #7 actually orbits the big rock, heheh

/ Scorecard: Spirit 2, Quadraptor 1 with 6 remaining.