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Science: Astronomy Quiz

The Moon is about ____ miles from the Earth. 2
About ____ planets have been discovered in the Milky Way. 6
Mercury and Venus have no moons. Mars has ____ moons. 14
Earth rotates about ____ times per orbit around the Sun. 15
The Big Bang occurred a little less than ____ billion years ago. 30
Earth rotates to the east at ____ (360/24) degrees per hour. 365
Neptune is about ____ astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. 5,100
Your weight (not mass) would be ____ times less on the Moon. 239,000