Planet Quest Game
Learn about our solar system with Planet Quest! Be the first player to collect all the celestial bodies in the solar system by answering the True/False question cards. Watch out for the black hole, asteroid belt and supernova - you might get lost in space!
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October 29th in the Year 1991
Galileo spacecraft becomes first probe to visit an asteroid.
NASA's space probe Galileo took the first-ever close-up pictures of an asteroid in space on this day in 1991. Galileo, launched in 1989, took pictures of the asteroid Gaspra while traveling to Jupiter. What are asteroids made of?
Different types of rock
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SOURCE: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org)
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