Space Anagrams II Trivia Quiz

Answer: constellation

LENT LOCATIONS is anagrammed to CONSTELLATION. Constellations are groups of stars in the sky. There are 88 constellations that all border each other just like countries or states. Until boundaries were drawn in 1928 by Eugene Delporte and submitted by International Astronomical Union (IAU), constellations were nothing more than bright stars that form figures in the sky.

Answer: Enceladus

ENLACED US is anagrammed to ENCELADUS. Enceladus is a relatively small moon orbiting around Saturn, just 300 miles across, but it's one of the most fascinating moons around Saturn, because oceans are believed to lie underneath icy surface based from seeing by Cassini spacecraft that geysers were made out of melted water and slush.

This fascinated scientists and the public alike that there may be life in subsurface ocean of Enceladus, just like Jupiter's moon Europa.

Answer: Mercury

CURRY ME is anagrammed to MERCURY. Mercury is the first and closest planet to the sun, taking 88 days or about three months to orbit the sun, which is its year. So Mercury is really hot and is made of a lot of metal and has large iron core, which explains the planet's relatively high density for its small size, although not as dense as Earth, which is the densest planet in the Solar System.

Answer: dwarf planet

PRAWNED FLAT is anagrammed to DWARF PLANET. Dwarf planet is a class of object in the solar system that is smaller than full-fledged planet but bigger than an asteroid or comet that orbits the sun. Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet since it was the ninth planet before it was demoted to dwarf planet status by International Astronomical Union in 2006, while Ceres, which was formerly the asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter was promoted to dwarf planet status at the same time. Pluto is too small to clear its neighborhood to meet the definition of planet as it is surrounded by many small objects in the Kuiper Belt.

Answer: Polaris

SOLAR PI is anagrammed to POLARIS. Polaris is currently the North Star, where it stays almost right at north pole all year round, year after year, but eventually due to precession Polaris will slowly drift away from the North Celestial Pole and instead will rotate around the pole at wider wider circle. 4000 years ago, the North Star was Thuban instead of Polaris.

Precession is a gradual rotation of polar axes that appear to orbit around ecliptical poles, just like a spinning top where the pole at the top appears to wobble around. Earth's precession period is 26,000 years, meaning in 13,000 years the north celestial pole would lie 180° from where it lies today, meaning it would be directly on the other side of north ecliptical pole.

Answer: spiral galaxy

AXILLARY GAPS is anagrammed to SPIRAL GALAXY. Spiral galaxy is a type of galaxy that has arms that rotate around its center. The Milky Way we live in, Pinwheel Galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy, and the Whirlpool Galaxy are examples of spiral galaxies. The other classes of galaxies are elliptical galaxies, lenticular galaxies, and irregular galaxies, while barred spiral galaxy is a subtype of spiral galaxy.

Answer: Ursa Major

AMOUR JARS is anagrammed to URSA MAJOR. Ursa Major is a large constellation where it houses the Big Dipper, in which the seven stars form the figure of a pan, with three forming a handle and four forming a pan. Ursa Major is named after the Latin for great bear.

Answer: solar wind

DORAL WINS is anagrammed to SOLAR WIND. Solar wind is a wind in space produced when the sun produces ionizing radiation that streams out into space. Unlike gentle winds here on Earth, getting hit by even a gentle solar wind is hazardous. One way to protect yourself in space is of course wear the spacesuit that would also provide you with air.

Answer: Sea of Tranquility

SAT FOR INEQUALITY is anagrammed to SEA OF TRANQUILITY. Sea of Tranquility is a region on the Moon where Apollo 11 landed and that's where Neil Armstrong became the first man ever to step foot on another celestial body. Although 'Sea' is in its name, it isn't actually covered in water, but it's just one of darker and smoother regions on the moon. Centuries ago, people who saw dark markings on the moon with unaided eyes thought they were bodies of water on them, so they started calling such markings mares from the Latin word for sea.

Answer: universe

ERVIN USE is anagrammed to UNIVERSE. Universe is everything that exists out in space, although its size may not be infinite and had its beginning nearly 14 billion years ago when it blew into its existence from the big bang, which scientists don't know what triggers that and don't even know if time exists before the big bang.

The universe could be one of infinite number of universes that exists in all of multiverse, meaning big bangs happen every day somewhere in the multiverse. Different universes could have entirely different physical laws, meaning stars, galaxies, and life may not exist in many of those universes.