Space Trivia! How many of these space facts do you know?

Space Trivia! How many of these space facts do you know?

Dec 03, 2020Astronaut Foods Admin
12 space facts to test your knowledge of the stars! How many of these space facts can you answer? Check out our Instagram page for more fun space facts!
Questions:
  1. Which planet is nearest to the Earth?
  1. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
  1. What year did man first walk on the moon?
  1. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
  1. What planet has the most moons?
  1. What planet has the least moons?
  1. How many manned Apollo missions were there?
  1. How many stars are there in space?
  1. How old is our solar system?
  1. What do Saturn Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus have in common?
  1. What mission do we think NASA requested Astronaut Ice Cream for?

 

 

Answers: 

  1. Mercury
  2. Jupiter
  3. July 20th, 1969, two astronauts set foot on the moon for the first time in human history during the Apollo 11 mission.
  4. Venus! Most people think that this would be Mercury, as it is the closest planet to the sun. However, Venus has a lot of gasses in its atmosphere which creates a “Greenhouse Effect” that causes a constant temperature of 864° Fahrenheit (462° Celsius) everywhere on the plant’s surface.
  5. The Moon controls our tides. This is because the Moon’s tidal force causes the Earth – and the water on it – to bulge out on the side closest to the Moon.
  6. Jupiter with 66 moons
  7. Both Venus and Mercury have no moons.
  8. 12 (Apollo 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, ,13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
  9. Nobody knows! Space is so vast that the number of starts is uncountable.
  10. Scientists believe that the solar system in 4.6 billion years old.
  11. None of these planets could be walked on, they have no solid surface.
  12. The Apollo missions!

 



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