The Moon
Astronomy (General)
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
The Planets
Jovian Planets
1

This is the time from new moon to new moon.

What is 29.5 days?


1

The shroud of gas and water around some planets and moons is called this.

What is an Atmosphere?

1

Earth is the largest of the four these planets.

What are the Terrestrial planets?

1

Silver, Water, Change

What is the Moon?

1

The Jovian Planets are called as much because they share these traits with Jupiter.

What are (Size, rotational speed, gas, etc)

2

This is the diameter of the moon, given as a fraction of Earth's.

What is 1/4 the diameter of the Earth?


2

The time is takes a planet to rotate around its axis is called the planet's this

What is Day / Rotational Period?

2

This world has a thick, sulfurous atmosphere. 

What is Venus?

2

Red, Feasts, Pomp

What is Jupiter?

2

This is Saturn's largest moon, notable for being the only moon in the Solar System to have one of these.

What is Titan + An atmosphere?

3

The first manned lunar mission was called this.

What was Apollo 11?

3

The Greek phrase aster planetes means this.

What is 'Wandering Stars?'

3

Saturn's impressive rings are made of these materials.

What are rocks and water ice?

3

Age, Slowness, Time.

What is Saturn?

3

This planet is the furthest from the sun. So far, in fact, that some astronomers believed that Gravity would not hold true at such a distance.

What is Neptune?
4

A Solar Eclipse happens when the Moon passes _________ the Earth and the Sun.

What is between?

4

This is the order of the planets.

What is M V E M J S U N?

4

Robotic probes sent to traverse the surface of Mars are traditionally called these.

What are rovers?

4

This is the name of the sphere that the stars were said to be set in.

What is the Empyrean? (Em-pie-ree-an)

4

Uranus and Neptune lack classical attributes for this reason.

What is their distance?

5

She is the Greek goddess of the Moon. (From last week's recitation)

Who is Selene? 

5

He was the inventor of the telescope

Who is Galileo Galilei?

5

This tiny, rocky planet is smaller than moons like Titan and Ganymede.

What is Mercury?

5

Fortuna Major

What is Jupiter?

5

The lakes and rivers on Titan are not full of water, but are instead full of this, which is normally a gas on Earth.

What is Methane?