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What is the largest asteroid in the Solar System?

• Ceres

• Pallas

• Juno

• Vesta

Which asteroid was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi?

• Juno

• Vesta

• Pallas

• Ceres

What type of asteroids are known to be very dark and carbonaceous?

• M-Type

• D-Type

• S-Type

• C-Type

What is the name of the impact crater formed about 65 million years ago?

• Vesta Crater

• Pallas Crater

• Chicxulub Crater

• Ceres Crater

Which of the following is a characteristic of comets?

• They have circular orbits.

• They originate from the Oort cloud.

• They are primarily made of metal.

• They are found only in the asteroid belt.

What is the nucleus of a comet composed of?

• Plasma

• Liquid water

• Frozen gases and dust

• Rock and metal

Which comet is known to be visible from Earth every 75-76 years?

• Halley's Comet

• Comet Hale-Bopp

• Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

• Comet NEOWISE

What is the Kuiper Belt primarily composed of?

• Metallic asteroids

• Gas giants

• Icy bodies

• Rocky asteroids

What are meteors commonly referred to as?

• Shooting stars

• Falling rocks

• Space debris

• Comet tails

What is a meteor shower?

• A celestial event with many meteors

• A type of planet

• A type of comet

• A group of asteroids