Solar System

This planet only takes 87.97 days to complete one revolution.

Saturn has rings that are made up mainly of:

This planet is the third brightest object in the sky.

This planet owes its coloring to oxidized iron dust found in its soil.

This is the only planet in the solar system that has liquid water on it's surface.

Who discovered Jupiter's four largest moons?

Which planet in our solar system was discovered by William Herschel in 1781?

Which planet in our solar system was discovered through math?

This feature of our solar system is located between Mars and Jupiter.

The presence of this gas in Uranus and Neptune's atmosphere gives them their blue/green color.

Which objects that you studied experience sublimation (solid->gas) when they get near the Sun.

Who discovered that Jupiter had 4 large moons orbiting it?

Where is Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system, located?

What objects were nicknamed hairy stars?

What object in our solar system is sometimes called "dirty snowballs"?

Which planet in our solar system is the 4th from the Sun?

Who was credited with discovering Neptune because they received his letter 2 days before another scientist?

Which planet in our solar system has the fastest rotation period (9.8 hours)?

Jupiter gives off more heat than it receives from the Sun.

What is the name of the only terrestrial planet to have a large rounded moon?

Which planet contains the "Great Red Spot" which is a storm larger than Earth?

Which planet in our solar system has a year that is longer than it's day?

Three catagories of _________ are Stony, Iron, & Stony/Iron.

All of the craters on this planet are named after artists (musicians, painters, writers, etc.).

Which of Jupiter's moons is considered the most volcanically active object in our solar system?

What are all of Uranus' moons named after?

This planet is less dense than water, that means it would float.

This planet has the second fastest rotation period of any planet in our solar system (10.5 hours).

One day (rotation) on this planet takes 58.6 Earth days.

This planet has 2 irregularly shaped moons named Phobos and Deimos.

Which planet is the 5th planet from the Sun?

Which planet is the largest of the terrestrial planets?

This planet is home to the tallest cliff in the solar system, Verona Rupes (it would take you 6 minutes to fall).

The asteroid belt is mostly empty space, if you were standing on an asteroid you probably won't be able to see any more.

What was the name of the first (and largest) asteroid discovered by Piazza?

Which planet in our solar system is considered Earth's twin?

In which country did they show video of a meteorite entering and impacting Earth's surface?

What is the name of the largest moon in our solar system?

100 tons of material come into our atmosphere in the form of meteors and meteorites every day.

What is the name of the host of Crash Course: Astronomy?

Which planet in our solar system was named after the the Roman goddess of love?

Comets contain very few clues to the history of our solar system.

This planet was named after the Roman messenger god because of its fast revolution.

This planet's banding is broken into light colored zones and dark colored belts. What is the name of the planet?

This planets extreme heat is due to a runaway greenhouse effect.

A class of smaller bodies that are rock or metallic that orbit the Sun out to Jupiter are commonly known as:

Which planet is the second largest planet in our solar system?

How many moon do astronomers say that Jupiter has?

Which 2 planets in our solar system have a retrograde (backwards) rotation?

Which of Jupiter's moons has what scientists believe to be the best chance for life?