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1. How many planets are there in our solar system?
6
8
9
10

2. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Neptune

3. What is the distance from the Earth to the Sun?
93 million miles
150 million miles
219 million miles
401 million miles

4. What planet is farthest from the sun?
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

5. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Pluto

6. What is the name of the galaxy that our solar system is located in?
Milky Way
Whirlpool
Andromeda

7. What is the brightest star in the sky?
Polaris
Arcturus
Antares
Sirius

8. Halley's Comet returns to our solar system every
12 years
76 years
112 years
300 years

9. Who first proposed the theory that the Earth was not the center of the universe?
Copernicus
Galileo
Aristotle
Phythagoras

10. Who constructed the first astronomical telescope?
Newton
Kepler
Copernicus
Galileo

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