space quiz on the internet. takes about 30 seconds to run through.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/featur...aspx?QuizID=42

i fully expect you all to do better than i did (8/10)

I got 10/10. Do I win a prize?

[boast & brag mode]10/10 here! And my server (WEBTV) for some reason cut off part of the questions so I had to guess at what was being asked![/boast & brag mode]

Now, Keerax, I'm NOT trying to put you down but I'm wondering...which 2 did you miss, and do you have any idea why you missed them?

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no prizes sorry.
and i thought our star was small instead of medium and i goofed on the moon looking the same size as the sun

**whited out what i messed up in an attempt to prevent cheaters :P

***edit: obviously white doesn't work that well (2nd edit: or olive for that matter... what the #$%# color is this background anyway?)

First test I have aced in a while. I feel happy now.

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Inspected by #13

That was kinda fun. Any more quizes like that out there?

I almost picked Neptune as having an orbit that went the farthest out because I vaguely remember Neptune being further out years ago. Pluto must have been near perihelion though.

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That last question was a bit dodgy. During an annular eclipse, the Sun looks larger than the Moon.

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I screwed up on the size of the sun because I counted the corona. Think eclipse.

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We assume it's a 401 quiz with trick questions but it's a 101 quiz.

astronomy.com does have a quiz section also. (you do have to register)

Hey! What if we come up with a quiz sectin here at the BABB??? 8)

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Kilopi has done that twice now.

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But during a full eclipse, the moon is larger than the Sun. If it weren't, the width of the path of the eclipse would be zero.
It's an annual thing.

10. Rah.

How do you define 'middle sized star? On a log scale?

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The sun is larger than most stars since there are a lot more smaller stars than larger stars, so it could qualify as a large star. But it's closer in size to the smallest stars than it is to the supergiants so it could qualify as a small star. Medium is the only answer that doesn't work.

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Huh?

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Tinkle *


* sound of penny dropping ten minutes later

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If, as you viewed the eclipse, the moon appeared to be exactly the same size as the Sun, then making one step in any direction would allow you to see part of the Sun.

The relative sizes of the Sun and moon vary, sometimes one is bigger, sometimes the other. For the most part, I think the Sun predominates, but it's pretty close.

i goofed with 8 / 10 too

my mistakes were :

the sun is a small star - its actually medium

and there are only 12 constelations - the correct answer being 88

i blame new age freinds spouting astrological BS at me for the second - i have no defence for my first mistake


YRS_APE

I got the constellation bit wrong as well.
For some reason, I was never interested in them, even as a kid. There was always something fishy about giving mythological names to arbitrarily chosen groups of stars.

I'll bet you never learned the names of the planets, or the days of the week either, right?

Darn I missed two


The Sun size question and the # of planets.

I thought they found a new planet beyond Pluto.

No I'm not talking about PX.

It must not be a part of our solar system...?

Darn trick questions.

I got 10/10

You might be thinking of the recent discovery of Quaoar. It is not a planet but a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO). There is debate as to whether or not Pluto should be considered a KBO as well.

Oh, and welcome to the Board, Yojimbo!

Hola!!!

Thanks for the info and the welcome :D