30.3 and 30.4 Flashcards
Jupiter
fifth planet from the sun
Saturn
sixth planet from the sun second largest
Uranus
seventh planet from the sun
Neptune
eighth planet from the sun
dwarf planet
are nearly round objects in orbit around the sun that are not satellites and that haven’t cleared the debris from there orbit
comet
composed of dust and rock particles
asteroid
rocky objects formed from material similar to the planets
meteoroid
sand to boulder size objects in the solar system
Sedna
is a distant planetoid
extraterrestrial life
life beyond earth
which space probe flew past jupiter in 1979
voyager 1 and voyager 2
which space probe reached jupiter in 1995
galileo space probe
what did voyager probes and galileo study
composition, structure, and motion of jupiter
how many moons does jupiter have
63 known moons
what are the 4 galilean moons
Ganymede, callisto, IO,Europa
which of the galilean moons is the largest in the solar system
Ganymede
which galilean moons is most likely to have water on it
callisto, io, europa
which galilean moon is most volcanically active
io
what are saturns rings made of
particles of watery-ice
how many moons does saturn have
60 moons
what is the name of saturns largest moon
titan
what is the name of the space craft that flew by saturn in 2004
cassini-huygens
what is cassinis mission
a 4 year orbiting saturn
what is huygens mission
decend to titans surface
what is the only space probe to visit uranus
voyager 2
how many moons does uranus have
27 moons
does uranus have moons
yes
hoe is uranus axis tilted
vertically
what color is uranus
blue green color
which space probe is the only one t o reach neptune
voyager 2
what makes neptune bluer than uranus
has more methan and water-ice
how many moons does neptune have
13 moons
what is neptunes largest moon
triton
what are the names of 3 dwarf planets
pluto, eris, ceres
what is the bright cloud of a comet called
coma
where do comets originate
vast disk of icy object
when meteriods enter the earths atmosphere, what are they called
meteors
when a meteor strikes earths surface, what are they called
meteorites
what does AU stand for
Astronomical unit
what is an AU equal
150,000,000 km
