The Solar System
List every Planet in our solar system in order from the sun. BONUS points if you can name every Dwarf Planet between the sun and Pluto
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
How many moons does Mars have?
Bonus points if you can name them
2
Phobos and Deimos
This planet has both the highest mountain and the deepest canyon in the solar system. It is the most well explored planet (other than Earth) and has a landscape most like the barren earth hellscape known as Arizona.
Mars
The largest space telescope ever made, this orbits the sun at the Lagrange 2 point and primary uses infrared light to view the universe.
James Web Space Telescope
The most common state of matter in the universe is also the least common state of matter here on earth. What is this state of matter?
Plasma
Which Planet has the highest average density?
Bonus points if you can name the planet with the Second highest average density
Earth :)
With a diameter larger than Mercury, this moon is the largest in the solar system. Its also the only moon with a confirmed magnetic field.
Ganymede
With an enormous ring system and 293 confirmed moons, this planet has the most moons of any in our solar system. It is also the least dense, its density is so low and volume so high if you could put it in a giant bathtub it would actually float.
Saturn
The dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon were visited by this probe in 2015. At a speed of 36,400 mph, it still holds the record for fastest object ever launched directly from earth.
While this is the fastest launched object, it is not the fastest manmade object, that title goes to another probe currently in use in the solar system, which travels at a speed of 430000 mph. Bonus points if you can tell me the name of this probe.
Parker Space Probe
What are the IAU criteria for an object to be considered a planet?
Bonus points if you can explain why Pluto is not a planet under this definition
Hydrostatic equilibrium (ROUND)
Cleared its own orbit
Orbits a star
Which way does a comet's tail point?
Bonus points if you can tell me when a comet gains its tail
Away from the sun
What is the most volcanically active object in the solar system?
This object has over 400 active volcanos which erupt continuously and completely renew the surface once every million years.
IO
This planet rotates in retrograde, that means that it spins in the opposite direction that it revolves around the sun. Its orbit around the sun takes less time than its rotation on its axis, meaning that a day here is longer than a year. It also has the highest average surface temperature in the solar system.
Venus
This rocket was used to send humans to the moon.
Bonus points if you can tell me how many people have walked on the moon and which country or countries they were from.
Saturn V
12
What is the point called at which the pull of gravity between two objects is in equilibrium?
Lagrange points
On Earth our seasons are caused by an axial tilt of 23.5 degrees.
Which planet has the least amount of Axial Tilt?
Which planet has the greatest Axial Tilt?
Jupiter
Uranus
With more liquid water than the earth and a volcanically active core, this object is believed to be the most likely place in the solar system for the existance of extra terrestrial life. We are currently sending a space craft there.
Europa
A moon is an object that orbits a planet.
Which planet has the largest moon in proportion to the planet's size?
Bonus points if you can name the moon
(Planet, not Dwarf Planet)
Earth :)
How many probes have we sent to URANUS?
Bonus points if you can name all of them
1
Voyager 2
Orbits are elliptical.
What are the names of the lowest and highest points of an orbit?
Perigee and Apogee
Name each general area of the solar system from closest to the sun to furthest away
Inner Solar System
Astroid Belt
Outer Solar System
Kuiper belt
Ort Cloud
This is the only object in the solar system, other than the earth, which is believed to have a stable liquid on its surface. With a gravity 1/7th of the earth's and a thick atmosphere with an atmospheric pressure of 1.5 bar, a human could strap wings to their arms and fly like a bird.
Bonus points if you can tell me what this stable liquid is
Titan
With a very cold and methane rich atmosphere, this planet was discovered using math, rather than observation. It has the fastest recorded wind speeds in the solar system and a huge storm called The Great Dark Spot.
Neptune
The Karman Line is the point that delineates the end of Earth's atmosphere and the beginning of space.
How many humans have died above the Karman line?
3
Quarks are fundamental particles. A single proton contains 3 Quarks.
Name every known type of Quark
Top
Bottom
Up
Down
Strange
Charm