Sun and Inner Planets
What is the Sun?
A star.
What is fifth planet from the Sun?
Jupiter.
How many moons do Mercury and Venus have?
None.
Is Ceres an asteroid or dwarf planet?
Both.
How far is the edge of the solar system?
About three light years away.
What is the first planet from the Sun?
Mercury.
What is the sixth planet from the Sun?
Saturn.
True or false? Earth has many moons.
False.
Where do most asteroids come from?
The asteroid belt.
How long is a day on Earth? How long is a year on Earth?
24 hours. 365 days (366 during leap years).
What is the second planet from the Sun?
Venus.
What is the seventh planet from the Sun?
Uranus.
Were Mars's moons captured by the planet's gravity?
Maybe.
Where do short period comets come from?
The Kuiper Belt.
How long is a year on Haley's Comet?
75 to 76 years.
What is the third planet from the Sun?
Earth.
What is the eighth planet from the Sun?
Neptune.
Does Jupiter or Saturn have the most moons?
Saturn - 82
Where do long period comets come from?
The Oort Cloud.
How long is a year on Comet Hale-Bopp?
About 2,500 years.
What is the fourth planet from the Sun?
Mars.
What used to be the ninth planet from the Sun?
Pluto.
True or false? Uranus and Neptune have many moons combined.
True.
What are shooting stars?
Meteors and Meteoroids entering the Earth's atmosphere.
How many asteroids and comets are in the solar system?
Trillions.