| Sans Muzak, a space one of these, thought of by Arthur C. Clarke, sounds goofy, but NASA is looking into it |
a space elevator |
200 |
December 16, 2009 |
| A bolide is a bright one of these that explodes during its descent through the atmosphere |
a meteor |
400 |
December 16, 2009 |
| This planet has the fastest orbit around the Sun |
Mercury |
600 |
December 16, 2009 |
| It's similar in size to our planet, & from 1990 to 1994 it was explored by the Magellan probe |
Venus |
800 |
December 16, 2009 |
| This belt of debris beyond Neptune was visually verified in 1992 |
the Kuiper belt |
1000 |
December 16, 2009 |
| (Sofia of the Clue Crew hangs out with a probe replica at the Jet Propulsion Lab.) In 1995 on Jupiter, this craft, named for a scientist, made the first direct measurements of a giant planet's atmosphere |
Galileo |
100 |
November 1, 2001 |
| This is the largest of the terrestrial planets; it has one of the largest satellites as well |
Earth |
200 |
November 1, 2001 |
| (Sofia of the Clue Crew, dressed for a clean environment, delivers the clue from the Jet Propulsion Lab.) You're looking at a Cassini spacecraft, like the one en route to study Titan, a moon of this planet |
Saturn |
300 |
November 1, 2001 |
| Johann Bode proposed the name of a mythological father for this planet |
Uranus |
400 |
November 1, 2001 |
| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Jet Propulsion Lab.) I'm in the Mars yard with a model of this Martian rover, whose name also means "a visitor" |
<i>Sojourner</i> |
500 |
November 1, 2001 |
| Of 24,000, 240,000 or 2,400,000, the one that's closest to the mean distance in miles between the Moon & the Earth |
240,000 |
100 |
June 8, 1999 |
| It's the colossal booster rocket that lifted the Apollo missions to the moon |
Saturn |
200 |
June 8, 1999 |
| The Ariane launch vehicle is used prominently by this organization, abbreviated the ESA |
European Space Agency |
400 |
June 8, 1999 |
| Your "flare" for astronomy will help you name this solar feature that lasts longer than a solar flare |
Solar prominence |
500 |
June 8, 1999 |
| The Voskhod program & this U.S. program were the first to use multiperson space flights |
Gemini |
|
June 8, 1999 |
| A large group of stars close together in space, or a large group of peanuts in chocolate |
a cluster |
100 |
February 5, 1987 |
| Every star we can see with the naked eye is part of this galaxy |
the Milky Way |
200 |
February 5, 1987 |
| As it exists today, the Sun is considered a star of this color |
yellow |
300 |
February 5, 1987 |
| Triton is the largest moon on this planet |
Neptune |
400 |
February 5, 1987 |
| Having "gone" this in 1572, a star in Cassiopeia could be seen in daylight |
nova |
500 |
February 5, 1987 |
| It affects both tides & werewolves |
the Moon |
100 |
September 17, 1984 |
| Last planet discovered & last chance for gas in the solar system |
Pluto |
200 |
September 17, 1984 |
| Shrunken star into which light & a Disney film disappear |
a black hole |
300 |
September 17, 1984 |