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How old would you be on Jupiter if you were 48 earth years old?
4
Name Jupiter's largest moons.
Ganymede, Europa, Callisto, and Io
What are Gas Planets composed of?
Hydrogen, Helium, other Gases and a small rocky core.
What is another name for a comet?
Dirty snowball.
Where have many meteorites been found?
Antarctica
Jupiter's gravity attracts comets which might otherwise hit the earth.
Why are the 4 largest moons called the Galilean moons?
Galileo discovered them.
What are the giant gas plants of our solar system?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What does a comet leave behind it as it orbits the sun?
Dust and dirt
Which Planet did some of the meteorites come from?
Mars
Why is Jupiter a little like the sun?
Jupiter produces its own heat like the sun, has a host of satellites, and is mostly hydrogen ad helium.
Amalthea is a big jumble of rocks held together by gravity.
What part of our solar system do the Gas planets exist?
Outer
What happens when a comet's dust particles enter our atmostphere?
It lights on fire and looks like a shooting star.
Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?
It is a giant storm that has been raging for 300 years and is bigger than the whole earth.
What do you remember about the spacecraft Galileo?
Galileo explored Jupiter, sending back information. It took 6 years to get to Jupiter and took a roundabout route. It also had a problem with its antenna.
What are the cores made of?
Rock, liquid water, atomic helium
What do people call meteors?
Shooting stars or falling stars
What is the Exploded Planet Hypothesis?
All the asteroids in the Asteroid belt were once a planet that exploded.
Why does Jupiter have stripes?
Jupiter's stripes are bands of clouds.
How bright is Jupiter compared to everything else in the solar system?
What are the largest gas planets also called?
Jovian Planets
What is a meteor called when it hits the earth?
Can you give some reasons that the Exploded Planet Hypothesis might be correct?
Crater are found mostly on one side of many planets and moons; comets look like asteroids and could be pieces of this plant; Mars has the deepest craters and is the closest planet to he asteroid; many moons look like comets and asteroids. (You only need to give one of these answers to be correct.)