astronomy ch7

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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


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