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6. What is the angle of declination?

  • Whether the object is above or below the line of the equator
  • The measurement of the angle east from the vernal equinox point

7. What is retrograde motion?

  • The real or apparent movement of an astronomical object across the sky in the opposite direction of the Sun.
  • The real or apparent movement of an astronomical object across the sky in the opposite direction of the Earth.
  • The real or apparent movement of an astronomical object across the sky in the opposite direction of the Moon.

8. What is a full moon?

  • When the side of the Moon that faces the Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun
  • When the side of the Moon that faces the Earth is not fully illuminated by the Sun
  • When the side of the Sun that faces the Earth is fully illuminated by the Moon

9. What is the angle of right ascension measured in?

  • MegaFonzies
  • Degrees or time
  • Degrees
  • Time

10. What is a solar eclipse?

  • When the Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth - on the same line - casting a shadow of the Moon on the surface of the Earth.
  • When the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow of the Earth on the surface of the Moon.

11. What is a lunar eclipse?

  • When the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow of the Earth on the surface of the Moon.
  • When the Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth - on the same line - casting a shadow of the Moon on the surface of the Earth.

12. Name the "Naked-Eye" Planets

  • Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Uranus
  • Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter
  • Mercury, Venus, Earth, Saturn and Jupiter
  • Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto

13. How long is a Sidereal Day?

  • 23 hours 56 minutes
  • 24 hours
  • 24 hours 4 minutes
  • 25 hours