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Planet Mercury Quiz

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Planet Mercury Quiz

    1. Correct statement about Planet Mercury
    Not visible to the naked eye
    The closest planet to the Sun
    The hottest planet of the solar system


    2. Planet mercury does not have
    A magnetic field
    Active volcanoes
    Impact craters


    3. Who discovered the slow rotation period of Planet Mercury?
    Galileo Galilei
    Giovanni Schiaparelli
    Edwin Hubble


    4. Which of the following was used to discover Mercury's rotation period of 59 days?
    Hale telescope
    Hubble space telescope
    Arecibo radio telescope


    5. When standing on the surface of Mercury, one solar day is equal to,
    59 Earth days
    115 Earth days
    176 Earth days


    6. What is the CORRECT relationship between the Mercury's rotation and orbital periods?
    Rotation = 1/6 orbital period
    Rotation = 1/3 orbital period
    Rotation = 2/3 orbital period


    7. Which of the following is NOT a feature found on Mercury?
    Caloris basin
    Olympus Mons
    Beethovan crater


    8. Which of these space missions was sent to Mercury?
    Mariner 2
    Venera 4
    Messenger


    9. What is the correct statement about Mercury transits?
    They are less frequent than Venus transits
    Next Mercury transit is expected on 2016
    Nicolas Copernicus was the first astronomer to record a transit


    10. The WRONG statement about observing Mercury
    At its brightest, Mercury outshines Sirius
    Mercury does not show retrograde motion
    Like our moon, it exhibits phases



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