WorksheetsPlanet missions and Discoveries
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
This planet was discovered by William Hershel in the 1700s. The first to be discovered with a telescope.
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
Who discovered Pluto?
William Hershel
Clyde Tombaugh
Galileo
Cassini
This probe used a parachute to land on Titan.
New Horizons
Cassini-Huygens
Voyager II
Messanger
Messenger mapped the surface of this planet.
Venus
Mars
Ceres
Mercury
Though Galileo was the first to see it with a telescope, this planet is most associated with Cassini and Huygens.
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Venus
DAWN was a mission that orbited this dwarf planet as well as one other object
Eris
Mars
Ceres
Jupiter
It might have been discovered by Galileo, but Urbain le Verrier and a team of mathematicians, found it in the 1800s
Uranus
Saturn
Pluto
Neptune
Uranus and Neptune have only ever been visited by...
Voyager II
New Horizons
Mariner
Intrepid
This is probably the most visited planet: Mariner, Pioneer, Pathfinder, Curiosity, InSight, Spirit, Opportunity, and is currently being studied by a helicopter.
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Juno is on a polar orbit of this planet, taking some amazing pictures of its swirling atmosphere and storms.
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Which of these planets was NOT known since ancient times?
Mercury
Uranus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Which of these objects has never been visited by a space probe?
Pluto
Titan
Ceres
Eris
