Statistics for A to Z: Space

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Hint		Answer	% Correct
Scientific name for the Northern Lights	A	Aurora Borealis	88%
Small celestial object with a nucleus of ice and dust and a tail of gas particles	C	Comet	80%
Name of the galaxy which our solar system is in	M	Milky Way	77%
Formation of gas and dust where young stars form	N	Nebula	74%
Second closest planet to the Sun	V	Venus	74%
Space telescope found in low Earth orbit that was launched in 1990	H	Hubble Telescope	73%
Constellation resembling a hunter with a sword and bow	O	Orion	71%
Largest of Saturn's moons	T	Titan	68%
Unit of distance used for astronomical terms	L	Light Year	67%
S.I. unit of temperature	K	Kelvin	62%
Term for one full rotation of the Earth	Y	Year	62%
Term for all matter and space as a whole	U	Universe	61%
Process stars undergo to change hydrogen into helium	F	Fusion	58%
Italian astronomer who discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter	G	Galileo Galilei	56%
Large star that shares it's name with a 1988 horror film	B	Betelgeuse	53%
The "Dog Star"	S	Sirius	53%
Radiation with a greater wavelength than visible light	I	Infrared	45%
Extremely luminous galaxy centre that may contain a supermassive black hole	Q	Quasar	44%
Type of radiation used in medical imaging	X	X-Rays	44%
Stage a star reaches when it begins to produce heavier elements	R	Red Giant	42%
State of matter that is found in stars, made of an ionised gas	P	Plasma	41%
Final stage of a star where light is still being given off	W	White Dwarf	41%
Substance believed to make up 70% of space	D	Dark Energy	36%
Point directly overhead of an observer	Z	Zenith	33%
Group of planets that consists of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune	J	Jovian	27%
Lowest speed an object must have to leave a gravitational field	E	Escape Velocity	26%