Solar System - Planets, Moons and Stars

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Kuiper Belt

A warehouse of icy bodies and asteroids outside Neptune's orbit

Dwarf planet in asteroid belt

Ceres

Largest dwarf planet found in Kuiper Belt

Eris

Largest moon of solar system

Ganymede

Most volcanically active place in solar system

Io (one of Jupiter's moons)

Largest planet in solar system

Jupiter

Planet with the most moons in the solar system

Jupiter

Planet with the shortest day

Jupiter

What planet does the largest moon orbit

Jupiter

Gas/Ice Giants

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Most explored planet in the solar system

Mars

Red planet

Mars

Where is the largest volcano in solar system found

Mars

Planet with the shortest year

Mercury

Smallest planet in solar system

Mercury

Planets with a magnetosphere

Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Planets that do not have any moons

Mercury, Venus

Terrestrial Planets

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Coldest planet in solar system

Neptune

Planet with the fastest winds in the solar system

Neptune

Planet with the longest year

Neptune

Planets with rings

Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter

Largest volcano in solar system

Olympus Mons

Name of the North Star

Polaris

Planet known for its beautiful and luminous ring system

Saturn

Brightest star in our sky

Sirius

Only other place in the solar system with liquid on its surface besides Earth

Titan (moon of Saturn)

Planet that rotates on its side

Uranus

Two planets that rotate in the opposite direction as the rest of the planets

Uranus, Venus

Largest star discovered in the universe

VY Canis Majoris

Hottest planet in solar system

Venus

Planet where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east

Venus

Planet with the longest day

Venus


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