This planet has the fastest rotation of all planets.
What is Jupiter
100
This planet was discovered in 1930
(50 point bonus for man's last name)
What is Pluto (Tombaugh)
100
The Father of the Sky...
What is Uranus, or Ouranos
100
Ganymede is a moon of...
What is Jupiter
100
These are enormous chunks of ice, dust, and gases that are located in the Kuiper Belt and Oort cloud, but are sometimes pulled out by the sun's gravity.
What is a comet.
200
This planet appears to be tilted on its side
What is Uranus
200
This planet's rings were drawn to look like "ears" until the 1600s.
(50 point bonus for the man's name who corrected this misconception)
What is Saturn (Galileo)
200
Jupiter, the King of the gods, would be known as what in Greek?
What is Zeus
200
Titan is a moon of...
What is Saturn
200
This is where scientists believe Pluto, its moons, and many of Neptune's moons came from
What is the Kuiper Belt
300
These two planets have enormous storms raging in their atmospheres (one storm is red and one is dark blue)
What is Jupiter and Neptune
300
This famous astronomer discovered and named the first moons in our Solar System, besides our own
(50 point bonus if you can name all four)
What is Galileo (Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and Io)
300
In greek, this planet's name would be Chronos, or Kronos
What is Saturn
300
This is the largest moon in our solar system
What is Ganymede
300
This is the very furthest part of our Solar System. It contains, frozen gases and dust.
What is the Oort Cloud.
400
This planet is covered by frozen gases (frost), we believe
What is Pluto
400
This planet was discovered by an English mathematician/astronomer
(50 Bonus points if you can name his last name)
What is Uranus (Herschel)
400
These two planets were named after Greek/Roman gods
What is Pluto and Neptune
400
Titania and Oberon are moons of...
What is Uranus
400
Asteroids are made of...(two things)
What is rock and metal
500
These two planets actually trade orbits for a period of about 20 years
What is Neptune and Pluto
500
This planet was predicted mathematically, then viewed by telescope in the same year by two different people.
(50 point bonus if you can name both of their last names)
What is Neptune (LaVerrier and Galle)
500
None of Uranus's moons were named for mythological characters or creatures. Instead, most of them were named after characters from whose famous plays?
What is William Shakespeare.
500
Name all four of Jupiter's Galilean moons
What is Ganymede, Io, Europa, and Callisto
500
Name two differences between asteroids and comets.
(Two things for each)
What is Comets: ice, gases, dust; from Kuiper and Oort cloud, can have a tail when near the sun
Asteroids: rock and metal, from Kuiper or Asteroid belt