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Know These Amazing Facts On Asteroids!

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1 Question
30 seconds
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The first asteroid named Ceres was discovered in ______ of January, 1801.


26th

15th

1st

2 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Which among the following asteroids can destroy an entire city?


2020 FV4

2012 XA133

2020 FP

3 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Name the law that suggested that there should be a planet between Mars and Jupiter.


Bode's Law

Planetary Law

Celestial Law

4 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Fukushima Prefecture is located in which country?


China

N. Korea

Japan

5 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Do Asteroids are made up of Rocks?


Yes

No

6 Question
30 seconds
Q.

NASA's center of Near Earth Object studies discovered how many asteroids?


12000

16000

49970

7 Question
30 seconds
Q.

When is the United Nations International Asteroid Day is observed?


1st December

20th July

30th June

8 Question
30 seconds
Q.

There are millions of asteroids in the solar system, they are in varying sizes and circle the sun in wide elliptical orbits.


True

False

9 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Who keeps a close watch on asteroids approaching the Earth?


WHO

NASA

SpaceX

10 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Curuca river asteroid event was the earth's most massive impact in recorded history that flattened 2000 sq.km. of forest.


True

False

11 Question
30 seconds
Q.

He is the person who coined the term 'Asteroid'.


Carl Sagan

William Herschel

Issac Newton

12 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Asteroids are also known as Minor planets and _________.


Small stars

Planets

Rock planet

13 Question
30 seconds
Q.

What is the expected lifetime of Near Earth Asteroids?


Around 1 million years

Around 1 billion years

Around 10 million years

14 Question
30 seconds
Q.

How many Near Earth Object are considered to be larger than 1 kilometer?


600

1000

200

15 Question
30 seconds
Q.

_________ discovered the first asteroid Ceres.


Giuseppe Piazzi

Nicolaus Hubble

William Herschel

16 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Name the group of asteroids that cross earth's orbit and also may come close to Earth or even collided with the planet.


Davida

Vesta

Apollo

17 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Asteroids lie primarily within how many regions of the solar system?


Two

Three

Four

18 Question
30 seconds
Q.

All the asteroids lie only within the main belt.


True

False

19 Question
30 seconds
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This asteroids have orbits that approach Earth's path but remain exclusively between Earth and Mars.


Army

Artu

Amor

20 Question
30 seconds
Q.

_________ asteroids also cross Earth's orbit but spend most of their time inside Earth's orbit.


Aten

Eve

Eden

21 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Which asteroids are near-Earth asteroids whose orbits are contained within Earth's orbit?


Artura

Atira

Vesta

22 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Asteroids are leftovers from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.


True

False

23 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The surfaces of most asteroids are thought to be covered in _______.


Metals

Water

Dust

24 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Metallic asteroids are __________ in color.


Grayish

Reddish

Greenish

25 Question
30 seconds
Q.

When an asteroid, or a part of it, crashes into Earth, it's called a _________.


Meteorite

Artur

Nickelite