Solar System Missions 2019 Science Olympiad

Question 1

When did Dawn launch?

Accepted Answer

September 27, 2007

Question 2

When and why did Dawn's mission end?

Accepted Answer

Nov. 1, 2018; ran out of hydrazine

Question 3

What date did New Horizons fly the closest to Ultima Thule?

Accepted Answer

January 1, 2019

Question 4

What is LORRI, and what spacecraft is it on?

Accepted Answer

Telescopic camera, New Horizons

Question 5

What does a radiometer do?

Accepted Answer

Measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation.

Question 6

What instrument on Voyager provides electrical power?

Accepted Answer

Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs)

Question 7

What is Lucy's primary mission?

Accepted Answer

To study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids

Question 8

What spacecraft carried the GRaND instrument, and what does GRaND stand for?

Accepted Answer

Dawn; Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector

Question 9

What date did Voyager 2 reach interstellar space?

Accepted Answer

December 10, 2018

Question 10

What does the Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem (AACS) on Voyager do?

Accepted Answer

positions the scan platform, controls spacecraft orientation, controls attitude maneuvers, points the high gain antenna towards Earth

Question 11

What date did New Horizons Launch?

Accepted Answer

Jan. 19, 2006

Question 12

When was Cassini launched?

Accepted Answer

October 15, 1997

Question 13

When did Voyager 2 launch?

Accepted Answer

August 20, 1977

Question 14

What is the instrument shown in this picture, and what spacecraft is it on?

Accepted Answer

Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer & Radiometer, Voyager 2

Question 15

What was the primary mission of Cassini?

Accepted Answer

First dedicated spacecraft to look at Saturn and its system

Question 16

Name of instruments on Cassini for studying fields, particles, and waves

Accepted Answer

Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS), Magnetometer (MAG), Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument (MIMI), Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS), Cosmic Dust Analyzer CDA, Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS)

Question 17

When did Cassini enter orbit around Saturn?

Accepted Answer

July 1, 2004

Question 18

How was Dawn propelled?

Accepted Answer

Ion Propulsion

Question 19

Name of the optical remote sensing instrument(s) that Cassini carried with it.

Accepted Answer

Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS), Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS), Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS), Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)

Question 20

What was the name of the lander that Cassini carried, and where did it land?

Accepted Answer

The Huygens module, Titan

Question 21

What was Dawn's primary mission?

Accepted Answer

Characterize processes that dominated solar system evolution, To visit Vest and Ceres

Question 22

What is the name of the spacecraft in this image?

Accepted Answer

Lucy

Question 23

Name 5 remote sensing instruments on New Horizons

Accepted Answer

SDC, REX, SWAP, PEPSSI, ALICE

Question 24

What mission is this spacecraft related to?

Accepted Answer

Dawn

Question 25

When was Cassini's 'Grand Finale'

Accepted Answer

September. 15, 2017

Question 26

What is the name of the visible and infrared imager/spectrometer that is on New Horizons?

Accepted Answer

RALPH

Question 27

When is Lucy expected to launch?

Accepted Answer

October 2021

Question 28

What was the primary objective of the New Horizons mission?

Accepted Answer

To study Pluto, its moons, and objects in the Kuiper Belt

Question 29

What is the name of the ultraviolet imaging spectrometer on New Horizons?

Accepted Answer

ALICE

Question 30

What was the inspiration for the name of the Lucy mission?

Accepted Answer

A fossilized skeleton which provided insight into evolution., A song by the Beetles

Question 31

What is this a picture of?

Accepted Answer

Cassini's optical remote sensing instruments

Question 32

A device to detect, measure, & analyze spectral content of incident electromagnetic radiation

Accepted Answer

Spectrometer

Question 33

What mission is this spacecraft associated with?

Accepted Answer

Cassini

Question 34

What mission is this spacecraft associated with?

Accepted Answer

New Horizons

Question 35

What mission is this spacecraft associated with?

Accepted Answer

Voyager 2

Question 36

What 4 planets did Voyager 2 visit?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Solar System Missions 2019 Science Olympiad

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Solar System Missions 2019 Science Olympiad

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