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Planet Jupiter - astronomy questions

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Does Jupiter have a solid surface?
no
yes
no
Jupiter composition is about 90% of .... and 10% of ....
The first person to actually view Jupiter in a telescope was?
Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
Galileo
Jupiter was discovered in year:
1610
1612
1605
1608
1610
In the 1660s, .... used his telescope to discover spots and bands across the surface of Jupiter, and was able to estimate the planet’s rotational period.
Currently Great Red spot on the surface of Jupiter is .... and could .... in .... years.
The mass of core is .... earths, and the planet itself is .... times mass of Earth.
What is significant about jupiter's density?
it has frozen ammonia surface under layers of clouds
it has a tiny metallic core
it's close to the density of water
metallic core not possible
it has frozen ammonia surface under layers of clouds
it's close to the density of water
metallic core not possible
The color of Jupiter is not really red. It has white and .... regions on the surface. Jupiter is mostly made of hydrogen and helium, both of which are ..... The surface colors are due to different kinds of .... found in clouds in the atmosphere.
What is at the very center of jupiter?
water core
metallic core
rocky core
rocky core
What comet struck jupiter providing information about impacts?
Tempel-Tuttle
Encke
Shoemaker-Levy 9
Hale-Bopp
Shoemaker-Levy 9
Jupiter has at least .... known moons. The largest four are called ...., ...., ...., and .... Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
4 largest Jupiter's mooon are called:
Galilean moons
What is the largest moon out of Jupiter's moons?
Europa
Callisto
Io
Ganymede
Ganymede
Moon on this photography is:
Io
Europa
Lyda
Ganymede
Europa