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Planet Jupiter - astronomy questions
Does Jupiter have a solid surface?
no
yes
Jupiter composition is about 90% of .... and 10% of ....
The first person to actually view Jupiter in a telescope was?
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
Jupiter was discovered in year:
1608
1612
1605
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's close to the density of water
it has frozen ammonia surface under layers of clouds
it has a tiny metallic core
metallic core not possible
it's close to the density of water
it has frozen ammonia surface under layers of clouds
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?
rocky core
water core
metallic core
What comet struck jupiter providing information about impacts?
Tempel-Tuttle
Shoemaker-Levy 9
Encke
Hale-Bopp
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?
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Moon on this photography is:
Lyda
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Io
Amalthea
Calysto
Ganymede
Jupiter's mass is .... times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined.
Jupiter has the largest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System, spanning over
6,200 km
5,000 km
4,000 km
5,700 km
Jupiter's magnetic field is .... times as strong as that of Earth.
The average distance between Jupiter and the Sun is:
5.8 AU
4.8 AU
5.2 AU
4.4 AU
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