The first ever robot spacecraft to probe planet Venus was named (1) Galileo (2) Magellan (3) Newton (4)Challenger Answer : Magellan...
Which of the following is true for ORION? Orion is: w) the brightest star in the sky x) a constellation y) the name given to a NASA spacecraft z) an asteroid Answer : ANSWER: X -- A CONSTELLATION...
Who first used Tycho Brahe's observational data on the planet Mars to determine that Mars actually traversed an elliptical orbit, the sun being located at one of the foci? w) Kepler x) Galileo y) Hipparchus z) Aristarchus Answer : ANSWER: W -- KEPLER...
The Van Allen belts are: w) caused by the refraction of sunlight like rainbows. x) charged particles trapped in the Earth's magnetic field. y) caused by the reflection of polar snow. z) caused by precession. Answer : ANSWER: X -- CHARGED PARTICLES TRAPPED IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC...
Galileo discovered something about Venus with his telescope that shook the old theories. Which of the following was Galileo's discovery? w) Venus was covered in clouds x) Venus had phases like the moon y) Venus' surface was similar to the earth's z) Venus had retrograde motion Answer : ANSWER: X -- VENUS HAD PHASES LIKE THE MOON...
50.5k questions
47.1k answers
240 comments
7.0k users