Chapter 5

Question 1

List the five planets that can be seen with unaided eyes:

Answer 1

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Question 2

The ___ of Saturn’s orbit causes Saturn’s rings to disappear from view when they are viewed on-edge from Earth

Answer 2

inclination

Question 3

Christian Huygens discovered a large moon of Saturn, later named ___.

Answer 3

Titan

Question 4

Who solved the mystery of Saturn’s rings by showing that they could not be solid, liquid, or gas, but must be many small particles independently orbiting Saturn?

Answer 4

James Clerk Maxwell

Question 5

___ identified the gap in Saturn’s rings.

Answer 5

Cassini