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who were the first men on the moon? neil armstrong and buzz aldrin
what country designed apollo 11? america
where did apollo 11 and apollo 13 take off from? JFK space center
what went wrong on the apollo 11 mission oxygen tank blew up
where did the apollo missions land on the moon? sea of tranquility
what is mercury made of? iron rocks
where is life possible on mercury? poles
what two heavenly bodies is mercury between? sun and venus
where did mercury get its name? hermes
which rotates faster earth of mercury? earth
what is saturn made of? liquid and gas
Uranus is the ____ planet from the sun? 7
how many rings does uranus have? 13
who many degrees is uranus tilted? 98
how many moons does uranus have? 27
how many moons does jupiter have? 16
what is jupiters unusual feature? great red spot
jupiter is the largest or smallest planet? largest
what is jupiters largest moon? Io
what color is a black hole? invisible
how large is a black hole? size of a dime
what is the exact escape velocity of a black hole? 10x the speed of light
what does a black hole form from? super nova
how does a black hole form? collapsed star
what does chaotic inflation state? universes expand, touch, and explode
how many theories of parallel universes are there 4
what are all of the theories of parallel universes? open multiuniverse, chaotic inflation, oscillatory, string
group of stars that form a picture of something what is a constellation
what does orion mean hunter
what does ursa major mean? big bear
what culture named many constellations? greek
do stars move? yes
what is the name of the first meteor discovered? 1 ceres
what is one type of meteriod? iron
why do so few meteriods hit earth? they burn up in the atmosphere
how many impact craters have been found on earth? 120
where did ALH84001 come from and what did it prove? mars, life on mars
who is mars named after? ares
how long is one day on mars? 25 hours
what did the egyptians call mars? her deschur
is mars visible in the sky yes
what number planet is mars? 4
how many different parts of a comet are there? 5, hydrogen corona, coma, nucleus, dust tail, gas tail
what is a comet? ball of ice
what is a super nova? exploded star
what is nuclear fusion? atomic combination, energy, heat
what happens to a supernova thats core is lighter than 5sm? heavier star, black hole
can super novas form solar systems? yes
what are the 3 types of telescopes? refractor, reflector, compound
do reflecter telescopes suffer from chromatic aberration? no
who improved the telescope galileo

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Created April 27, 2008
Groups Friends Forever in A School Day, WMS
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WayToEmO : Changed who improved the telescope → galileo to galileo → who improved the telescope
WayToEmO : Changed what is saturn made of? → liquid and gass to liquid and gas → what is saturn made of?
WayToEmO : Changed what is a constellation → a group of stars that make up a picture of something to a group of stars that form a picture of something → what is a constellation
WayToEmO : Changed what went wrong on the apollo 11 mission → the oxygen tank blew up to oxygen tank blew up → what went wrong on the apollo 11 mission
WayToEmO : Changed a group of stars that form a picture of something → what is a constellation to constellation → a group of stars that form a picture of something
WayToEmO : Changed how large is a black hole? → the size of a dime to size of a dime → how large is a black hole?
WayToEmO : Changed what is a constellation → a group of stars that form a picture of something to group of stars that form a picture of something → what is a constellation
WayToEmO : Changed size of a dime → how large is a black hole? to how large is a black hole? → size of a dime
WayToEmO : Changed oxygen tank blew up → what went wrong on the apollo 11 mission to what went wrong on the apollo 11 mission → oxygen tank blew up
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