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Quiz: “Comets”

comet
Question 1:
Comets are:
small asteroids
blue
magical
small ice worlds left over from the formation of planets
Artist's impression of the Rosetta orbiter and lander
Question 2:
Which ESA spacecraft will drop a lander on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014?
Mars Express
Rosetta
Cassini-Huygens
Planck
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3’s Fragment B
Question 3:
We can see comets when:
the Sun is shining
it rains
they head towards the Sun and grow tails of gas and dust
they die
Artist's impression of SOHO spacecraft
Question 4:
Which ESA spacecraft has discovered thousands of comets?
Vega
Rosetta
SOHO
Cassini-Huygens
Giotto and Comet Halley
Question 5:
The first close-up pictures of a comet were taken by:
the Ariane-5 launcher
the ISS
the Mars Express spacecraft
the Giotto spacecraft
The nucleus of Comet Halley
Question 6:
Which comet was photographed from up close?
Comet Halley
Comet Philae
Comet Churyujmov-Gerasimenko
Comet Steins
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