#SpaceTrivia - Jupiter and its moons

Who was the person to discover the first moons around Jupiter?

• Johannes Kepler

• Edwin Hubble

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

Jupiter is the __ planet from the Sun.

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

• 6th

• 7th

A day on Jupiter is how long (In Earth time)?

• 9.9 hours

• 48 hours

• 0.8 days

• 11 days

• 11.8 years

Jupiter has clouds.

• true

• false

• Impossible to tell

Jupiter's diameter is ___ times wider than Earth's diameter.

• 5

• 11

• 2

• 53

• 1/8

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We now know of how many moons around Jupiter?

• 79

• 88

• 65

• 26

• 102

Does Jupiter have rings around it?

• Yes

• No

• Impossible to tell...

How long does it take Jupiter to make a complete orbit around the sun (a Jovian year) in Earth time?

• 687 days

• 11.86 years

• 2.5 years

• 24.6 years

• 2280 days

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Jupiter was named after a Roman god. The Greek equivalent of Jupiter is ____.

• Hera

• Apollo

• Artemis

• Zeus

• Hades

There is currently a spacecraft orbiting Jupiter called __

• Voyager 1

• Juno

• Artemis

• MESSENGER

• New Horizons

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