Chapter 9 Astronomy Review
The time it takes for Jupiter to travel once around the Sun is closest to
12 Earth years
Which of the following planets has a system of rings that consists of dark rocks that are difficult to see?
Jupiter
Which planet has a magnetic field that is thought to be generated by liquid metallic hydrogen?
Jupiter
Which planet has an atmosphere consisting mainly of Hydrogen and Helium?
Jupiter
Which planet has at least 62 moons?
Jupiter
A large vortex or hurricane on Jupiter has been named
The Great Red Spot
What temperature is closest to what you might expect on the planet Jupiter?
-250 degrees F
Which of the following temperatures is closest to what you might expect on the planet Neptune?
-350 degrees F
Which of the following temperatures is closest to what you might expect on the planet Uranus?
-350 degrees F
What we refer to as a `Saturn Ring-plane Crossing' corresponds to what season on Saturn
Fall or spring equinox
The largest four moons of Jupiter are referred to as the
Galilean satellites
Pioneer 10 was an early space probe sent to fly past
Jupiter
What planet is 11x the size of Earth?
Jupiter
Which of the following planets does the moon Callisto orbit?
Jupiter
The blue color of the planet Uranus is caused by the presence in its atmosphere of
Methane
Which object has a surface feature that looks like a giant check mark?
Miranda
Voyager 2 is the only space probe so far to have visited
Neptune
Which of the following objects has a magnetic field whose North and South poles are displaced from its rotation axis poles and also from the center of the planet?
Neptune
Which of the following planets does the moon Triton orbit?
Neptune
Which of the following planets or moons is blue in color because of the presence of methane in its atmosphere?
Neptune
Which of these planets has a rotation axis that is inclined in much the same way as that of Earth?
Neptune
Pioneer 11 was an early space probe sent to fly past
Saturn
Which object has a magnetic field similar in intensity to the Earth's field?
Saturn
Which object has a magnetic field whose North and South poles are almost exactly in line with its rotation axis?
Saturn
Which of the following planets has a system of rings made of ice-covered rocks?
Saturn
Which planet does the moon Titan orbit?
Saturn
Which planet has a hexagon-shaped pattern of clouds near its North Pole?
Saturn
Voyager 1 was the first space probe sent to fly past
Titan
Which of the following planets or moons has an atmosphere with about 1.6 times the surface pressure of Earth's?
Titan
Voyager 2 is the only space probe so far to have visited
Uranus
Which object has a magnetic field whose origin is not explained by any currently accepted model?
Uranus
Which of the following objects has a magnetic field whose North and South poles are displaced from its rotation axis poles and also from the center of the planet?
Uranus
Which of these planets has a rotation axis that is almost in the plane of its orbit so that its ring system can sometimes be seen as near-circles.
Uranus
Which planet has a solar day of about 17 hours long?
Uranus
Which planet is about 4x the size of Earth?
Uranus
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft
Went into orbit around the planet Saturn and dropped a probe into Titan's atmosphere.
Saturn is
about 90% as large as Jupiter.
The rotation rate of Saturn
has not been exactly determined because different methods give somewhat different results
The magnetic field of Jupiter is
tilted relative to the planet's rotation axis but not offset from its center.
Saturn is about
twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter
The spacecraft Galileo
went into orbit around the planet Jupiter and dropped a probe into its atmosphere.
