Terrestrial Planets
The Second Planet from the Sun
Venus
Which gas giant is famous for its rings
Saturn
The asteroid belt is located in between which 2 orbits?
Mars's and Jupiter's
Where is the Oort Cloud?
Far outside the heliopause/end of the solar system.
This planet has 2 moons and humans may colonize it soon
Mars
Name all 4 Gas Giants
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
The Kuiper Belt is located outside of which orbit?
Neptune's
Jan Oort theorized the existence of ___ just outside of the solar system.
This planet is more than 2 times closer to the Sun than Earth. It rotates in a specific orientation such that one side is always facing the Sun and one side is facing away.
Mercury
This moon of Jupiter is speculated to have life.
Europa
Why did the asteroid and kuiper belts form?
Early in the life of the solar system, dust and rock circling the sun were pulled together by gravity into planets.
Have humans sent anything outside of the solar system? If so, what?
Yes, the Voyager 1 and 2 probes.
What do all 4 terrestrial planets have in common?
They all have rocky surfaces
The planet Neptune was named after the Roman god of ____.
The Oceans and Sea. He was named Poseidon in Greek mythology.
The asteroid belt generally contains what kind of asteroids?
S-type and C-type asteroids
If a rogue star were to come barreling through the Oort cloud, what is the most likely outcome
Metor/Asteroid rain on every planet.
Planet ____ was theorized by ______ in 1859 to be within Mercury's orbit. Another planet closer to the Sun than Mercury.
Vulcan; French Mathematician Ubain Le Verrier
What do astronomers believe is the reason for Uranus being on its side?
They actually believe Uranus is not on its side but instead rotates perpendicularly(vertically). The reason for this rotation is unknown
This "asteroid" located in the asteroid belt is so large that it is considered a dwarf planet.
Ceres
This meteor fascinated astronomers from 2018 to 2021, as it was the first interstellar object to arrive in our solar system. Some even speculated that it could be an alien spacecraft!
Oumuamua