sounds /images 0 Frame2 1 Kids_random quizX QuizBkg3 MC simple_3 0 Answer titlePage Famous Astronomers QT_Generic_Intro.swf none MoveForward ButtonS1 ButtonSX1_skin * Start Quiz * center 330 [name] 4 Name the famous Italian astronomer who confirmed the phases of Venus. Galileo Galilei Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler Claudius Ptolemy Giovanni Cassini [name] 4 Who was the Polish astronomer that advanced the heliocentric theory? Nicolaus Copernicus Galileo Galilei Claudius Ptolemy Clyde Tombaugh Edwin Powell Hubble [name] 4 Who formulated the three laws of planetary motion? Johannes Kepler Claudius Ptolemy Edwin Powell Hubble Giovanni Cassini Galileo Galilei [name] 4 In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered ___, a dwarf planet. Pluto Neptune Venus Mars Mercury [name] 4 ___ discovered 4 moons of Saturn and the gaps in Saturn's ring. Giovanni Cassini Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler Edwin Powell Hubble Clyde Tombaugh [name] 4 A comet was named after ___ when he correctly predicted its reappearance. Edmond Halley Johannes Kepler Claudius Ptolemy Galileo Galilei Nicolaus Copernicus [name] 4 Edwin Powell Hubble proved that ___ are galaxies. spiral nebulae stars meteors asteroids planets [name] 4 What planet did Sir William Herschel discover? Uranus Jupiter Saturn Earth Venus [name] 2 Tycho Brahe observed a supernova in 1572 which was named after him. TRUE FALSE [name] 2 Galileo Galilei invented the telescope. FALSE TRUE [name] 2 Neil Armstrong was an astronomer. FALSE TRUE endPage Results1 none TotalScore scoredisplay center 80 getURL:[php_ThisPage] ButtonS1 NextActionButton_skin Repeat this Quiz 100 230 getURL:[php_ThisSubjectPage] ButtonS1 NextActionButton_skin Back to Subject Page center 330