Multiple Choice Questions

Which of the following statement is/are correct about asteroid '1998 OR2'?
  • A. It has a diameter of 1.8-4.1 km.
  • B. It was found in 1998.
  • C. It will stay 3.9 million miles away from our planet.
  • D. All the above are correct
When the first asteroid named Ceres was discovered?
  • A. 1 January, 1800
  • B. 12 January, 1801
  • C. 12 February, 1800
  • D. 1 January, 1801
Which law suggested that there should be a planet between Mars and Jupiter?
  • A. Bode's Law
  • B. Planetary Law
  • C. Celestial Law
  • D. None of the above
Asteroids are made up of
  • A. Nickel
  • B. Iron
  • C. Rocks
  • D. All the above
Asteroids are also known as
  • A. Minor Planets
  • B. Small Stars
  • C. Planets
  • D. Only A and B
Who discovered first asteroid, 1 Ceres?
  • A. Giuseppe Piazzi
  • B. William Herschel
  • C. Nicolaus Copernicus
  • D. Edwin Hubble
Which of the following statement is/are correct about asteroid belt?
  • A. Between orbits Mars and Jupiter most of the asteroids lie.
  • B. This belt is divided into smaller belts.
  • C. This belt is separated by distances known as Kirkwood gaps.
  • D. All the above
Name an asteroid that is located at the Lagrangian points, L4 and L5 and lie in the same orbit as Jupiter?
  • A. Eros
  • B. Pallas
  • C. Trojan
  • D. Vesta
Name the group of asteroids that cross Earth's orbit and also may come close to Earth or even collided with the planet?
  • A. Apollo
  • B. Vesta
  • C. Davida
  • D. Juno
Name an asteroid that has a dog-bone shape?
  • A. 216 Kleopatra
  • B. 25143 Itokawa
  • C. 2062 Aten
  • D. 21 Lutetia
Who had coined the term asteroid?
  • A. Carl Sagan
  • B. William Herschel
  • C. Issac Newton
  • D. Edmond Halley
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