ASTR 101 D3

What's my name?

• Prof. Jones

• Mack

• Max

• Macs

Pluto is a dwarf planet, what is the name of the other well known dwarf planet that resides in the asteroid belt?

• Charon

• Ceres

• Eros

• DPX-0379

Pick the correct statement regarding an easy way to remember the movement of the moon's phases:

• Wax ON Wane OFF

• Wax ON Wax OFF

• Wane ON Wax OFF

• Wane ON Wane OFF

Why do we not have eclipses every month?

• The temperature of the Moon has to be exactly 5 degrees for an eclipse to occur

• The Earth is at a distance of 5 deg from the Moon

• The pilots of the Moon base don't want to attract too much attention

• The Moon's orbit has a 5 deg tilt

Galilean moons are moons of what planet?

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

Kepler's Third Law (P^2=a^3) units are:

• P = 1 parsec, a = 1 radian

• P = 1 year, a = 1 AU

• P = 1 meter, a = 1 light year

• P = 1 AU, a = 1 light year

What shape is an orbit with an eccentricity of 1?

• Circle

• Parabola

• Straight line

• Ellipse

What is this phase of the moon?

• First Quarter

• New

• Waning Gibbous

• Full

What is this phase of the moon?

• Waxing crescent

• Third Quarter

• First Quarter

• Waning gibbous

During this moon phase, an astronaut on the Moon would see the Earth in which phase?

• Full

• Waxing crescent

• New

• Waning crecent