Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua
  • 1. What shape is 'Oumuamua believed to be?
A) Spherical
B) Cigar-shaped
C) Cube-shaped
D) Triangular
  • 2. At what speed did 'Oumuamua pass through our solar system?
A) 50,000 miles per hour
B) About 196,000 miles per hour
C) 1 million miles per hour
D) 400,000 miles per hour
  • 3. What is the most likely origin of 'Oumuamua?
A) From another star system
B) An asteroid from our solar system
C) Fragment of a comet
D) Man-made object
  • 4. What color is 'Oumuamua believed to be?
A) Blue
B) Yellow
C) Green
D) Reddish
  • 5. Which famous physicist claimed that 'Oumuamua could be an alien probe?
A) Stephen Hawking
B) Carl Sagan
C) Neil deGrasse Tyson
D) Avi Loeb
  • 6. What is the literal meaning of the name 'Oumuamua in Hawaiian?
A) Friend
B) Visitor
C) Traveler
D) Scout
  • 7. Where is 'Oumuamua heading now?
A) Towards Jupiter
B) Towards Mars
C) Towards the Sun
D) Out of the solar system
  • 8. What is the name of the telescope in Hawaii that first discovered 'Oumuamua?
A) Hubble
B) Keck
C) Pan-STARRS
D) Subaru
  • 9. What was 'Oumuamua's trajectory as it entered and exited our solar system?
A) Parabolic
B) Circular
C) Elliptical
D) Hyperbolic
  • 10. What unusual feature was observed about 'Oumuamua's brightness as it spun?
A) Completely dimmed every rotation
B) Flashed irregularly
C) Remained constant
D) Varied by a factor of 10
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