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Оглавление1 Dysnomia is the only moon of which dwarf planet?
2 Which zodiacal constellation lies in the southern sky between Libra and Sagittarius?
3 The constellation Cassiopeia is famous for having which distinctive letter shape?
4 What is the farthest planet in the Solar System from the Sun?
5 In 1959, the space probe Luna 3 took the first ever photographs of what?
6 Achernar (Arabic for ‘end of the river’) is the brightest star in which constellation?
7 Which galaxy, the largest of the Local Group, is expected to collide with the Milky Way in 3.75 billion years?
8 Who became the second Astronomer Royal on succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720?
9 William Herschel made which discovery on March 13, 1781?
10 Containing Barnard’s Star, which constellation is the ‘Snake-holder’?
11 The astronomy abbreviation CME refers to the Sun erupting with a what?
12 Despina, Larissa and Naiad are moons of which planet?
13 Which moon of Saturn is larger than the planet Mercury but is half of its mass?
14 Which astronaut served as an Ohio Democrat senator from 1974 to 1999?
15 Launched in 1973, what was America’s first space station?
16 Launched in 1959, what was the first weather satellite?
17 Salyut I was the first ever type of which structure?
18 The impact basin Hellas is which planet’s largest recognisable impact feature?
19 Which Apollo 13 astronaut said: “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here”?
20 The image features which shield volcano on Mars?
