Quiz  /  Pluto Quiz

  • 1. 
    Pluto is what kind of solar system object?

  • Asteroid
  • Terrestrial planet
  • Kuiper belt object
  • Gas giant

  • 2. 
    Which is not a moon of Pluto?

  • Hydra
  • Styx
  • Dysnomia
  • Charon

  • 3. 
    Which space probe has visited Pluto?

  • Pioneer 10
  • New Horizons
  • Voyager 6
  • Dawn

  • 4. 
    What color is Pluto?

  • Red
  • Pale blue
  • Black
  • Green

  • 5. 
    Which is Pluto’s largest moon?

  • Nix
  • Hydra
  • Kerberos
  • Charon

  • 6. 
    Charon keeps the same face to Pluto. This means that Charon is in a state of _________ rotation.

  • symmetric
  • bimodal
  • synchronous
  • tripartite

  • 7. 
    When was Pluto discovered?

  • 1978
  • 1846
  • 1781
  • 1930

  • 8. 
    Which telescope discovered four of Pluto’s moons?

  • Keck Observatory
  • Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
  • Hubble Space Telescope
  • Palomar Observatory

  • 9. 
    In 2006, the International Astronomical Union created what category of object for Pluto?

  • Planetesimal
  • Small body
  • Asteroidal satellite
  • Dwarf planet

  • 10. 
    Pluto was the Roman god of what?

  • the sky
  • animals
  • the underworld
  • grain
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