Get ready to celebrate Star Walk first year in App Store! We invite all iPhone users to take part in the celebration of Star Walk birthday!!! Complete the following Astronomy Quiz, send us your answers and you will have the chance to be selected as the winner of 10 Star Walk redeem code (if you still don’t have Star Walk), Star Walk t-Shirts and $5 iTunes Cards. Winners will be announced on Star Walk birthday date 06.11.2009Please send your answers to the following e-mail: [email protected]. Indicate if you are already a Star Walk user or simply a fan. Astronomy Quiz: 1. What name is given to the centre of gravity of the Earth-Moon system? Earth-Moon gravity centre. Barycentre. Terracentre. Silacentre. 2. What are comets made of? ice and dust rock hydrogen metal 3. Which constellation of the Northern Hemisphere has a distinct “W” shape? Ursa Major. Taurus. Pegasus. Cassiopeia. 4. Which planet has the most moons? Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune 5. Which of the following was the first professional geologist to walk on the Moon? Harrison Schmitt. Alan Shepard. Eugene Cernan. Fred Haise. 6. What does “supernova” mean ? huge dust accumulation coming before the birth of a star big star ending its life with a huge explosion it’s the name of an intergalactic superhero it’s the name of our nearest neighbouring galaxy 7. How many rings does the Saturn planet own ? 0 1 2 6 8. What type of galaxy is the Milky Way? barred spiral elliptical spiral irregular 9. What do scientists think are in the middle of the Milky Way? the sun a black hole an asteroid belt a star 10. What is the term astronomers use to measure the brightness of star? light year magnitude scale watts 11. Which planet has a moon that is nearly that is half the size of itself? Jupiter Neptune Pluto Venus 12. How far have spacecraft from Earth travelled into space? Well over 10 Light-years A bit less than one Light-year A bit more than one Light-month Somewhat less than one Light-day 13. The Pleiades star cluster is also known by which other name? The Seven Spinsters. The Seven Maidens. The Seven Sisters. The Seven Virgins. 14. To reach another planet, a spacecraft must be aimed: At the planet Where the planet will be when the spacecraft reaches it Midway between the two 15. What kind of stars are in the Milky Way? blue stars red stars white stars both blue and red stars 16. Which of Mars’s moons is the smallest in the solar system? Phobos Callisto Umbriel Demios 17. What is the cloud of material stars are made of called? galaxies nebulae comets meteors 18. What is the storm on Jupiter called? The Great Red Spot The Great Dark Spot Scooter The Small Red Spot 19. The O, B, A, F, G, K, M system is used to classify what? Size of asteroids. Surface temperature (colour) of stars. Probability of stars having habitable planets orbiting them. Classification of planets’ atmospheres. 20. Who is the first human astronaut? Valentina Tereshkova Yuri Gagarin Norman Thagard Vladimír Remek Competitions Rules: - send us an email with the number of the question and the full answer. For instance: question 21 - answer: Star Walk - Vito Technology will randomly select 20 emails with the correct answers. 10 of those emails will be from fans of Star Walk users who still don’t own the applications, so please indicate it in your email and 10 from current users of the application. - For T-shirts and gift cards you will have to agree to send us your mail address in order for us to send the goods by post
4 days left till the announcement of Winners! You stiil have a chance to win prizes! The announcement of winners will be on 6th of November 2009 at our blog.
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