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Trans-Neptunian object: Quiz

  

Question 1: 1993 RO, the next plutino discovered after ________.
(55636) 2002 TX300PlutoMakemake (dwarf planet)Haumea (dwarf planet)

Question 2: The ________, scattered disk, and Oort cloud are three divisions of this volume of space.
PlutoScattered discTrans-Neptunian objectKuiper belt

Question 3: The search for these led to the discovery of ________ in 1930.
PlutoMakemake (dwarf planet)(55636) 2002 TX300Haumea (dwarf planet)

Question 4: Small TNOs are thought to be low density mixtures of rock and ice with some organic (________-containing) surface material such as tholin, detected in their spectra.
AluminiumCarbonOxygenUranium

Question 5: Estimated diameter is greatly affected by surface ________ which has often been assumed, not measured.
Global coolingGlobal warmingGlobal dimmingAlbedo

Question 6: For a known ________, it is possible to estimate the surface temperature, and correspondingly the intensity of heat radiation.
Global dimmingGlobal warmingGlobal coolingAlbedo

Question 7: Discrepancies in the early 1900s between the observed and expected orbits of Uranus and Neptune suggested that there were one or more additional planets beyond Neptune (see ________).
PlutoCharon (moon)Solar SystemPlanets beyond Neptune

Question 8: Color indices are simple measures of the differences of the ________ of an object seen through blue (B), visible (V) i.e.
StarSupernovaApparent magnitudeAbsolute magnitude

Question 9: A fuller list of objects is being compiled in the ________.
List of trans-Neptunian objectsHaumea (dwarf planet)Pluto90482 Orcus

Question 10: The first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered was ________ in 1930.
Makemake (dwarf planet)Pluto(55636) 2002 TX300Haumea (dwarf planet)
















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