Daily Challenge 31 March
In a poll to pick the name of a new planet discovered in a distant solar system, a total of 963 scientists voted. There were four names to pick from. The winning name exceeded the other names by 53, 79, and 105 votes, respectively. How many scientists voted for the name which came fourth in the poll?
Your Answer
a) 195
b) 165
c) 105
d) 215
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
. When did we discover Saturn?
We don’t know exactly when ancient observers
first recognized what we now call the planet
Saturn. Many ancient civilizations were aware
of five wandering points of light in the night
sky, which were later named for gods of Roman
mythology — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter,
and Saturn. These planets were easily observed
with the unaided eye. It was not until the time
of Galileo, who first looked at the sky through a
telescope, that we observed these wandering
“stars” to be other worlds.
The planets outside Saturn’s orbit — Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto — were discovered using
more modern telescopes, beginning with the dis-
covery of Uranus by William Herschel in 1781.
The discovery of each of these outermost plan-
ets generated great public interest at the time
and made the discoverers famous.
Answer:
215
Explanation:
