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Which of the following planets has a magnetic field that is thought to be generated by liquid metallic hydrogen?
Jupiter
Which of the following planets or moons has an atmosphere consisting mainly of Hydrogen and Helium?
Jupiter
Which of these planets has a solar day that is shorter than half an Earth day in length?
Jupiter
the Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft..
Went into orbit around the planet Saturn and dropped a probe into Titan's atmosphere.
As Saturn rotates,
both its magnetic poles remain almost motionless at its geographic poles.
The heat that reaches the surface of Saturn comes mostly from
interior of Saturn
The main ingredient in the atmosphere of Titan is
nitrogen.
Which of the following space probes flew past Saturn but not past Jupiter?
no successful trip
Which of the following temperatures is closest to what you might expect on the planet Jupiter?
-250F
Which of the following temperatures is closest to what you might expect on the planet Neptune?
-350°F
The number of moons of Uranus that are larger than Earth's Moon is
0.
How many of the moons of Saturn are larger than the Earth's Moon?
1
As of 2018, how many space probes had flown past Uranus closely enough to take detailed pictures?
1.
As of 2018, how many space probes have flown past Neptune closely enough to take detailed pictures?
1.
Which of the following planets does the moon Ganymede orbit?
Jupiter
The inclination angle of a planet's rotation axis is defined so that a planet that is rotating in the usual direction about an axis that is perpendicular to the plane of the solar system would have an inclination of 0°, while a planet that is rotating in the opposite (retrograde) direction about an axis that is perpendicular to the plane of the solar system would have an inclination angle of 180°. The inclination angle of the planet Neptune is closest to
30°.
Which of the following temperatures is closest to what you might expect on the planet Uranus?
350f
The inclination angle of a planet's rotation axis is defined so that a planet that is rotating in the usual direction about an axis that is perpendicular to the plane of the solar system would have an inclination of 0°, while a planet that is rotating in the opposite (retrograde) direction about an axis that is perpendicular to the plane of the solar system would have an inclination angle of 180°. The inclination angle of the planet Uranus is closest to
98 degrees
Which of the following objects has a magnetic field that is tilted relative to its rotation axis but not offset from its center
Jupiter
Although the Jovian planets do not have true surfaces, some of them are mostly made of frozen gas and water-ice covered by a thick atmosphere. These planets are called ice giants because they are not made of gas all the way through. Which of the following objects is an ice giant?
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 objects is about 90% as large as the planet Jupiter?
Saturn
Which of the following planets has a hexagon-shaped pattern of clouds near its North Pole?
Saturn
Which of these planets has a rotation axis that is inclined in much the same way as that of Earth?
Saturn
Which of these planets has a solar day that is about 10 hours in length?
Saturn
Voyager 1 was the first space probe sent to fly past
Titan.
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 the following objects has a magnetic field whose origin is not explained by any currently accepted model?
Uranus
Which of the following planets is about 4 times the size of the Earth?
Uranus
Which of the following planets or moons is blue in color because of the presence of methane in its atmosphere?
Uranus
Which of these planets has a solar day that is about 17 hours long?
Uranus
The first spacecraft to make detailed maps of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter was/were
Voyager 1 and 2.
Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft
Went into orbit around the planet Saturn
Which of the following planets has a system of rings that consists of dark rocks that are difficult to see?
jupiter
Which of the following planets has at least 62 moons?
jupiter
The moon Ganymede is
larger than the planet Mercury but smaller than the planet Mars.
The surface of Jupiter is marked by
light and dark bands circulating in opposite directions.
Jupiter has the most mass of any planet in our Solar System and is also the largest planet. Objects that have still more mass than Jupiter and are not stars are usually
smaller than Jupiter.
Upon close examination by space probes, the rings of Saturn are found to consist of
thousands of circular rings.