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