KIDS QUIZ
SPACE AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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sputnik 1
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hubble
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china chang’e 4
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Description. The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam (370 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I.
Detailed explanation-3: --1, romanized as Sputnik-Odin (pronounced [ˈsputʲnʲɪk. ɐˈdʲin]), means ‘Satellite-One’.
Detailed explanation-4: -It achieved an Earth orbit with an apogee (farthest point from Earth) of 940 km (584 miles) and a perigee (nearest point) of 230 km (143 miles), circling Earth every 96 minutes and remaining in orbit until January 4, 1958, when it fell back and burned in Earth’s atmosphere.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “fellow traveler, ‘’ was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic.