Trekkin’ Across the Universe With Andrew Fazekas

The Night Sky Guy, Andrew Fazekas, talks about his beautiful new, Star Trek-inspired guide to the real wonders of astronomy. Emily Lakdawalla has done wondrous things with images from India’s Mars Orbiter Mission. Bill Nye the Science Guy wants NASA to set a deadline for humans to reach Mars. Don’t mess with Bruce Betts when he tells you what’s up in the night sky. We’ll give away “Star Trek, The Official Guide to Our Universe,” in the space trivia contest.

Related Links:

• Andrew Fazekas
• “Star Trek, The Official Guide to Our Universe”
• Andrew Fazekas’ Starstruck Blog
• Fun With a New Image Data Set: Mars Orbiter Mission's Mars Colour Camera
• Space Policy Edition #5: The U.S. Senate takes on the politics of Mars

This week's prizes are Andrew Fazekas’ book, “Star Trek, The Official Guide to Our Universe,” a Planetary Society rubber asteroid, and a 200-point iTelescope.net astronomy account.

This week's question:

What moon in our solar system has the longest orbital period around its parent planet?

To submit your answer:

Complete the contest entry form at http://planetary.org/radiocontest or write to us at [email protected] no later than Tuesday, October 18th at 8am Pacific Time. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Last week's question:

What are the names of the two asteroids Rosetta studied, and the name of the comet it orbited and was just set down on?

Answer:

The answer will be revealed next week.

Question from the week before:

What is the surface gravity on Jupiter’s moon Europa in Gs?

Answer:

Gravity at the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa is 0.134 g.