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Astronomy Discoveries Trivia Questions

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Which planet did Christiaan Huygens discover has a ring and a moon named Titan?

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saturn

In the 1980s, astronomers discovered a gigantic arc of hot gases near the center of which galaxy?

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milky way

In 1675, which planet's ring did Giovanni Cassini discover was actually two rings?

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saturn

In 1898, William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, the ninth satellite of which ringed planet?

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saturn

Which planet was discovered in the 1840s due to the unexplained movements of Uranus?

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neptune

Which tiny planet did astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discover in 1930?

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pluto

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