Test 2b ASTRONOMY

What moon of saturn has non-stop guisers?

Enceladus

What do we call a metallic/rocky object orbiting the sun?

An asteroid

What causes a planet to have seasons?

Tilted axis

What causes lo’s elongated bulge?

Jupyter tidal gravity

What meteors are likely from differentiated asteroids?

Irons

What is a NEO

Near Earth Object

What comets primarily made of?

Ice

What do we call the four largest moons of jupiter?

The Galilean moons

What are the two “ice giants” found in our solar system?

uranus and neptune

What continent is best for finding asteroids?

Antarctica

Why can storms on Jupiter last forever?

There is so land mass to break up the storms

What do astronomers consider a priminitve body?

Anybody that hasn’t undergone any type of changes since the solar system started

What moon had substantial atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes?

Titan

What are the three types of asteroids in asteroid belt?

Rubble piles, primitive, and differentiated

What planet has the most extreme tilt?

Uranus

Where is the asteroid belt?

Between the orbits of mars and jupiter

What temperature are most meteorites?

Very cold

What is the largest moon in the solar system?

Ganymede

What is the most abundant element in solar system?

Hydrogen

What are saturns rings mostly composed of?

Water Ice