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A game for astronomy buffs to test their knowledge on frequently-used astronomy terms |
| I personally love astronomy and would like to share my knowledge with other people who love it as well. This is just a game to test your knowledge on the subject. Enjoy! |
| 3 | nickname for big reflecting telescopes (2 words) | ||
| 6 | the darkest part of a shadow | ||
| 9 | A meteoroid fragment that survives through the atmosphere and strikes the earth | ||
| 13 | Certain gaps in the asteroid belt caused by Jupiter's gravitational forces (2 words) | ||
| 14 | 3.62 light years | ||
| 16 | M (example: M57) | ||
| 18 | cataclysmic end of the life of some types of stars | ||
| 19 | NGC |
| 1 | the odd planet | ||
| 2 | The fastest planet | ||
| 4 | Largest Known satellite in the solar system | ||
| 5 | Dead remains of a low mass star (2 words) | ||
| 7 | A cloud of dust and gas where stars are born | ||
| 8 | inner planets | ||
| 10 | The less-massive and straight tail of a comet | ||
| 11 | turning hydrogen atoms in to helium atoms in the sun | ||
| 12 | gas planets | ||
| 15 | Very luminous, billions of light years away | ||
| 17 | closest star to Earth |
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