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Astronomy current events question: New Horizon's potential visit to 2014 MU69

Astronomy 210L, fall semester 2015
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)
Tricia Talbert, "NASA’s New Horizons Team Selects Potential Kuiper Belt Flyby Target" (August 28, 2015)
nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-team-selects-potential-kuiper-belt-flyby-target/
After its Pluto flyby, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft may visit 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt object expected to have the same composition as:
(A) rogue asteroids.
(B) the original outer solar system.
(C) solar wind remnants.
(D) dark matter.
(E) Saturn's rings.

Correct answer: (B)

Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186
(A) : 12 students
(B) : 17 students
(C) : 0 students
(D) : 0 students
(E) : 8 students

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