Christopher+Onken

[] - High School Contest in Australia
=[] - Onken Asteroid=

=Questions for Dr. Onken (Include Questions your students might ask)=
 * 1) What does an astronomer do?
 * 2) What is an asteroid and how did you discover the Onken Asteroid?
 * 3) How did you become interested in becoming an astonomer and what is your favorite aspect of your job?
 * 4) Is it different looking into space from the United States as opposed to Australia?
 * 5) What do you find most fascinating about space?
 * 6) Have you ever seen a star explode?
 * 7) What is the coolest thing you have seen through a telescope?
 * 8) How did you get into astronomy?
 * 9) Are any other planets habitable?
 * 10) What is the temperature in outer space?
 * 11) What is a black hole?
 * 12) Why can you see the moon during the day sometimes?
 * 13) How far away is the moon?
 * 14) I heard we just discovered another planet. Is that true? If so, what is it like?
 * 15) How many stars do you think there are in the universe (if you had to estimate)?
 * 16) What is the possibility of humans actually exploring Mars?
 * 17) What is the possibility of other life in the universe?
 * 18) Do you look at the moons? (Berger, kindergarten)
 * 19) Did you look in your telescope to see if there is life on mars? (Berger, kindergarten)
 * 20) Did you look to see if stars make costellations? (Beregr, Kindergarten)
 * 21) Do you ever see a shooting star? (Berger,Kindergarten)
 * 22) Do you ever wish on a shooting star? (Berger, Kindergarten)
 * 23) Do you have goggles to look at the sun? (Berger, Kindergarten)
 * 24) What's the average size of an asteroid?
 * 25) Do smaller asteroids ever strike Earth?
 * 26) What's the real risk of a major asteroid hitting and significantly "damaging" Earth?
 * 27) How many stars can you see at night?
 * 28) What keeps asteroids moving through space?
 * 29) What makes Australia the "right spot" to observe?
 * 30) What is your favorite aspect of psace observation?