Characteristics of Saturn
Counting out from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
Hint) Mercury is number 1
Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun
Counting out from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
Hint) Earth is number 3
Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun
How long ago did Jupiter form?
Jupiter Formed not long after the Solar System, about 4.5 billion years ago.
What are Saturn's rings named? And what are the names of the main rings?
Saturn's rings are named alphabetically (A-G), and the main rings are A, B, and C.
What type of planets is Jupiter and Saturn?
Hint) Earth is a "terrestrial" planet
Jupiter and Saturn are Jovian planets.
(i.e. they're mostly comprised of gaseous molecules)
On Average, how far is Saturn from the Sun in kilometers?
Saturn is 1427 million kilometers from the Sun on average
On Average, how far is Jupiter from the Sun in kilometers?
Jupiter is 778 million kilometers on average
How did Jupiter Get its' name?
Romans named Jupiter after the supreme god of their religion.
How did Saturn get its' name?
Saturn was named after the Roman god of agriculture.
What is the name of the spacecraft currently in orbit around Jupiter?
Juno
How many Earth years does it take Saturn to orbit the Sun?
It takes Saturn 29.5 years to orbit the Sun
What is Jupiters in diameter in kilometers?
142,800 km
How, is it currently believed, did Jupiter's rings form?
Meteorites crashing into to Jupiter's innermost moons causing dust to be ejected into orbit around Jupiter.
How many confirmed moons does Saturn currently have?
Saturn currently has 53 confirmed moons
Which two moons of Saturn are suspected of being able to support life.
Titan and Enceladus
How long is one day Saturn?
AKA) How long does it take Saturn to rotate once?
10 hours and 30 minutes
What two elements make up most of Jupiters atmosphere?
Hydrogen(H) and Helium(He)
What is the name of the strongest hurricane ever observed in our Solar System?
Hint) It's located on Jupiter
The Great Red Spot.
How, is it currently believed, did Saturn's rings form?
The rings formed when Saturn's massive gravity tore apart asteroids, comets, and some of the innermost moons, creating lots of dissociated debris in orbit around Saturn's.
What was the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter and Saturn? And when did the spacecraft get to each?
Voyager one was first visit both of Jupiter and Saturn. It got to Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980
What two elements make up most of Saturns atmosphere?
Hydrogen(H) and Helium (He)
What is Jupiter's four largest moons commonly referred to as? And what are their names?
The Galilean Moons and their names are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
Who discovered Jupiter?
Hint) The same person also discovered Jupiter's four largest moons.
Galileo Galilei
What is the estimated length and height of Saturn's rings?
The length of Saturn's rings extends 175,000 miles, whereas the height only extends about 30 feet.
How many earths could fit inside of Jupiter? round to the nearest hundred. (i.e. 290 gets rounded to 300)
Hint)
volume of a sphere is, V = (4/3)(π)(r3)
Earth diameter: 12,800 km
Jupiter diameter: 142,800 km
1400 Earths could fit inside of Jupiter.