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Type
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Star
695 500
Planet
69 170
Planet
57 320
Planet
25 270
Planet
24 550
Planet
6 367
Planet
6 052
Planet
3 386
Moon (Jupiter)
2 631
Moon (Saturn)
2 571
Planet
2 440
Moon (Jupiter)
2 410
Moon (Jupiter)
1 822
Moon (Earth)
1 737
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1 560
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Dwarf Planet
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Moon (Uranus)
789
Moon (Saturn)
765
Moon (Uranus)
761
Dwarf Planet
750*
Moon (Saturn)
734
Detached Object
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600
Moon (Uranus)
584
Moon (Uranus)
579
Dwarf Planet
575*
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562
Moon (Saturn)
536
Dwarf Planet
476
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adamnvillani
:
Dec 5th, 2009 at 22:19 GMT
3 points
What about Quaoar, Orcus, and Sedna?
legumes
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Dec 5th, 2009 at 23:09 GMT
3 points
I didn't want to add them at first due to the uncertainty in their sizes and the fact that they don't belong to a well-known class (I'm pretty sure Quaoar and Sedna are now classified as dwarfs but I can't find anything to verify it from the IAU). I've now added Orcus and Sedna but couldn't find a reliable enough measurement for Quaoar. Thanks for the comment!
GeoExpert
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Mar 27th, 2010 at 15:59 GMT
3 points
Shave some time off.
Patteroast
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Apr 8th, 2010 at 13:34 GMT
0 points
Nice one! Wish I'd thought of it first. :P
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folio1701
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Jun 3rd, 2010 at 18:59 GMT
-10 points
Pluto just can't get any respect.
Patteroast
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Jun 8th, 2010 at 15:32 GMT
13 points
More like Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, Io, Europa, Triton, etc. can't get any respect. There are so many amazing moons in the solar system, but so few people have heard of them because they're not planets. :(
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sabresfan
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Jun 16th, 2010 at 00:47 GMT
-24 points
Those IAU folks can't take Pluto away! Vote up this post if you still believe in 9 planets!
RJMurphy
:
Jun 16th, 2010 at 14:51 GMT
11 points
16% of people don't know that Earth's moon is called 'Moon'??? Great quiz btw
rct
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Jul 22nd, 2010 at 12:59 GMT
2 points
Being an ardent Kurt Vonnegut fan, I can't believe I missed 'Titan'.
shibbyhibby
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Aug 5th, 2010 at 02:35 GMT
1 point
Bummed on no planet x
radiosilence
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Aug 5th, 2010 at 05:36 GMT
9 points
All these worlds are yours, except a certain world with a 1,560 km radius.
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Euromatty
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Dec 3rd, 2010 at 11:47 GMT
-6 points
Sorry to be padantic, but the sun isn't actually a celestial body (as it says in the field for typing in)
thejazzkickazz
:
Dec 26th, 2010 at 21:23 GMT
3 points
So what makes Sedna so detached? Is it just that it's stuck up and wants to remain aloof from the rest of the solar system?
Game published: Feb 23rd, 2012 at 15:03 GMT
moegoldberg
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Feb 23rd, 2012 at 15:31 GMT
1 point
After playing IQ 2000 a lot as a kid, I was totally expecting to see Quizzar on this list.
pythonidler
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Feb 23rd, 2012 at 16:04 GMT
0 points
RIP Pluto
Whitty
:
Feb 23rd, 2012 at 16:12 GMT
5 points
"Astronomy Domine" by Pink Floyd is always a help in these solar system themed quizzes. Didn't know Ceres had been reclassified as a dwarf planet- always remembered it being the largest asteroid. Can't wait to go ice fishing on Europa someday!
Rayavi
:
Feb 23rd, 2012 at 17:39 GMT
2 points
I was also under the impression that Ceres was an asteroid. Not to mention that I was forced to learn what a plutino is. Remember kids, knowledge is power.
PK9
:
Feb 23rd, 2012 at 19:20 GMT
8 points
Please accept "134340" for Pluto. :p
iamausername
:
Feb 23rd, 2012 at 19:50 GMT
12 points
17.8% of people were stumped by "Moon (Earth)"? Really?
hodg
:
Feb 23rd, 2012 at 21:57 GMT
1 point
what about Mars“s moons, Phobos and Deimos?
Leeny
:
Feb 23rd, 2012 at 22:27 GMT
9 points
Phobos and Deimos are 11km and 6km radius, slightly too small to make it onto this quiz
DrQuatsch
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Feb 23rd, 2012 at 23:03 GMT
9 points
It's strange to talk about the "radius" of Haumea. That thing is shaped like a potato -_-
Pogues
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Feb 24th, 2012 at 04:36 GMT
-1 points
I nearly forgot Uranus. *snicker*
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BigSwitz98
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Feb 24th, 2012 at 12:12 GMT
-12 points
Screw the astronomers. Pluto's still a planet to me, and it'll always be so. Don't give a rat's backside what a group of genius "experts" tell me.
nthe
:
Feb 24th, 2012 at 12:19 GMT
3 points
I kept trying 'Europe' for Jupiter's moon.
Shwoo
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Feb 25th, 2012 at 10:35 GMT
3 points
Kept thinking that the last was Quaoar and that I was spelling it wrong. Orcus may have a cooler name, though. The dropoff in percentage of people who got the moon compared to the people who got the planets is a bit disturbing. Do 20% of quiz takers not realise that Earth's moon is called the moon, or did they not read the hint column?
Irving
:
Feb 25th, 2012 at 20:07 GMT
6 points
If it weren't for a "group of genius experts," how would you ever know that Pluto existed to begin with? It's not like you can even see it without a decent telescope.
darth_k
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Feb 25th, 2012 at 20:34 GMT
2 points
Ceres is in the asteroid belt, but it's large enough to be spherical. Dwarf planet it is!
Brand
:
Feb 27th, 2012 at 19:14 GMT
1 point
I got Callisto and Ganymede because of Cowboy Bebop. And some people say watching TV doesn't teach us things!
BigSwitz98
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Mar 5th, 2012 at 19:04 GMT
-4 points
Well, it looks like I raised some dander with my previous comment. Good. I stand by it. Pluto will alwys be a planet to me.
Patteroast
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Mar 7th, 2012 at 15:41 GMT
3 points
I don't think it's so much raising dander as it is that your attitude makes no sense. Screw the astronomers who discovered all these objects, I'm going to form an emotional attachment to one of them and ignore all the others because I don't actually care about what's really there, I just like a certain list! It's as if you don't actually like Pluto for what it is, but just for the sake of liking it. Pluto still exists, but it's just not as interesting or important as say, Titan or Io. Still totally deserves study, and I can't wait for close up pictures in a couple years!
R4bz
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Mar 14th, 2012 at 06:42 GMT
1 point
Orcus has a radius of 435 and haumea has a radius of 650 so change that because when i looked up your answers they were two of the mistakes and the only one i didnt get evidently
Acid_Snow
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Jan 12th, 2013 at 21:54 GMT
2 points
Luna was accepted for the moon but Terra was not for the Earth. Hmm.
LisaSimpsonOH
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Feb 17th, 2013 at 14:30 GMT
2 points
As of Feb. 15, the solar system has one less celestial body. And Russia one more.
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