This planet has the fastest rotation of all planets.
Jupiter
100
This planet was discovered in 1930
(50 point bonus for man's last name)
Pluto (Tombaugh)
100
The Father of the Sky...
Uranus, or Ouranos
100
Ganymede is a moon of...
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.
comet.
200
This planet appears to be tilted on its side
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)
Saturn (Galileo)
200
Jupiter, the King of the gods, would be known as what in Greek?
Zeus
200
Titan is a moon of...
Saturn
200
This is where scientists believe Pluto, its moons, and many of Neptune's moons came from
the Kuiper Belt
300
These two planets have enormous storms raging in their atmospheres (one storm is red and one is dark blue)
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)
Galileo (Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and Io)
300
In greek, this planet's name would be Chronos, or Kronos
Saturn
300
This is the largest moon in our solar system
Ganymede
300
This is the very furthest part of our Solar System. It contains, frozen gases and dust.
the Oort Cloud.
400
This planet is covered by frozen gases (frost), we believe
Pluto
400
This planet was discovered by an English mathematician/astronomer
(50 Bonus points if you can name his last name)
Uranus (Herschel)
400
These two planets were named after Greek/Roman gods
Pluto and Neptune
400
Titania and Oberon are moons of...
Uranus
400
Asteroids are made of...(two things)
rock and metal
500
These two planets actually trade orbits for a period of about 20 years
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)
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?
William Shakespeare.
500
Name all four of Jupiter's Galilean moons
Ganymede, Io, Europa, and Callisto
500
Name two differences between asteroids and comets.
(Two things for each)
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