Structure of the Solar System
More about Planets
Moons
Gases
Astronomers
Weird Stuff
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The number of stars in our solar system
What is one?
200
The force that causes planets to orbit the Sun
What is gravity?
200
These two planets have the most moons
What are Jupiter and Saturn?
200
Most ubundant gas in the make up of the outer planets
What is Hydrogen?
200
Astronomer who first discovered 4 of Jupiters moons
Who is Galileo Galilei?
200
Cartoon character whose dog was created the same year that a planet was discovered
Who is Mickey Mouse?
400
The four outer planets are also know as the ______
What is the Gas Giants?
400
The "planet" with a heart of ice
What is Pluto?
400
These two planets have no moons
What are Venus and Mercury?
400
This planet has no gas or atmosphere on its surface
What is Mercury?
400
Discovered planets orbit in ellipses and not circles
Who is Johannes Kepler?
400
Rains diamonds on this planet
What is Saturn?
600
Unit of measurement equal to the distance between the Sun and Earth
What is an Astronomical Unit?
600
The brightest object in the sky apart from the sun and moon
What is Venus?
600
This is the largest moon in the solar system
What is Titan?
600
Mars' atmosphere is 95% of this gas
What is Carbon Dioxide?
600
First to present the idea that the planets orbit the sun (heliocentric) and not the Earth
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
600
Mars and Earth have this geological feature in common
What are polar ice caps?
800
Area beyond Neptune to around 50 AU's
What is the Kuiper Belt?
800
Named after the god of the sea
What is Neptune?
800
Ganymede is one moon of this planet
What is Jupiter?
800
This gas gives Uranus a "rotten egg" smell
What is Methane?
800
First to question Pluto's classification (and host of Cosmos)
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
800
We cant view Venus' surface because of this
What are clouds?
1000
The outermost of our solar system stretching to 200,000 AU's
What is the Oort Cloud
1000
Galileo called this planet " a planet with ears"
What is Saturn?
1000
This is the official scientific name of Earth's moon?
What is Moon?
1000
Makes up over 70% of Earths atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
1000
Discovered Uranus
Who is William Herschel?
1000
Most meteors do this in Earth's atmosphere before they reach the surface
What is burn up?