astronomy ch7
how fast can wins blow on neptune and many times is that or earth
1,240 miles per hour 3 times faster then earthly hurricanes
how many earths can you fit inside of jupiter
1,300
how much solar energy does nepune recive compared to earth
1/900
how long does an average day last on jupiter
10 hours
how many earths can you fit inside jupiters great red spot
100 earths
how much greater is jupiters diameter then earths
11
if you weigh 100 pounds on earth how much would you weigh on saturn
116 pounds
how long did it take voyager 2 to travel to neptune
12 years
how long does it take jupiter to orbit the sun
12 years
how many more times larger is uranus mass then earths
14 times
how long is neptunes obit around the sun
165 earth years
how much more energy does neptune emit then it recives
2.7 times more
if you weigh 100 pounds on earth how much would you on jupiter
264 pounds
how many moons does uranus have
27
how many earth years does it take for saturn to orbit the sun
29.46 years
how many moons does saturn have
30
how much farther is neptune from the sun then earth
30 times farther
how many earths days does it take for uranus to orbit the sun
30,685
how long has jupiters great red spot storm been going on
300 years
how much greater is jupiters mass compared to earths
318
jovian planets
4 outer planets all made up of gas with no solid surface
seasons on uranus can last how long on average
40 years
how many moons does jupiter have
60
jupiter mass is what total percentageof the solar systems mass
70%
neptune has how many moons
8
TRUE OR FALSE through a telescope on earth we can sometimes see jupiter and saturn in their cresent phase just as the moon is sometimes a cresent
FALSE
what gas's make up neptunes atmosphere
Hydrogen helium methane
TRUE OR FALSE uranus has extreme seasons because its rotation axis is nearly in its orbitial plane
TRUE
what is saturns makeup
a solid inner core with a giant ball of gas surrounding it
why does jupiter appear much brighter than mars
because jupiters is so much bigger then mars
what are saturns rings made up of
billions of pieces of rocks and dust
what are the simalarties between jupiter and saturn
both giant gas clouds have many moons both have a ring
what spacecraft dropped a probe into titans atmosphere in 2004
cassini
why is neptune appear a sea blue color
cause of the methaine gas in the atmosphere
who was the first astronomer to observe saturns rings
galileo
jupiters ocean sludge like consistency is made up of what element
hydrogen
what gases mainly comprise saturns atmosphere
hydrogen and helium
what planes roates the fastest in the solar system
jupiter
what planet sends out a strong radio radiation that can be detected on earth
jupiter
what planets have rings
jupiter saturn uranus
what planet has the biggest moon in the solar system
jupiters-ganymede
titan is biger then what other planets
mecury
what planets is the stormiest
neptune
what 2 plants are known as the ice giants
neptune and uranus
what planet has the lowest density in the universe and could float on water if there was a bahtub big enough for it
saturn
which gas giants have internal heating source
saturn jupiter neptune
what keeps saturns rings in line
sheperds
what comment crashed into jupiter in 1994 leaving behind pieces for many months
shoemaker-levy 9
roche limit
sphere of every massive object
cassini division
the gap between saturns rings inner and outer
neptune had what that is similiar to jupiters great red spot
the great dark spot (not there anymore)
describe neptunes ring system
thin and dark but incomplete and are best descirbed as arcs
what of saturns moons have an atmosphere
titan
what is the coldest planet in the solar system
uranus
what planet is the second to last in terms of density
uranus
how of a tempature change is there between saturns poles and equater
very small change
when and who was uranus discovered by
willian hershel 1781
