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  • Voyager 1 is the farthest artificial object from Earth, far beyond the boundaries of the Solar System. In what year was it launched?
    1988
    1970
    2003
    1977
  • Which object has the tallest mountain in the Solar System?
    Earth
    Venus
    Mars
    Pluto
  • What is the name of small rocky objects without atmospheres, left over from the formation of the solar system?
    Asteroids
    Meteors
    Moons
    Comets
  • How many planets in the Solar System have rings?
    5
    2
    4
    3
  • What is the name of the donut shaped cloud of icy bodies just beyond the orbit of Neptune?
    Asteroid Belt
    Kuiper belt
    Oort Cloud
    Trojan Asteroids
  • Which planet has two small, potato-shaped moons?
    Neptune
    Venus
    Mars
    Earth
  • What is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System?
    Mars
    Io
    Saturn
    Earth
  • Of the four main geologic processes that shape the surfaces of planets and moons, which is most common?
    Meteorite Impacts
    Volcanism
    Plate Tectonics
    Erosion
  • Which is the most explored body in the Solar System (other than Earth and Earth’s moon)?
    Saturn
    Mars
    Venus
    Jupiter
  • What spacecraft visited the dwarf planet Pluto in 2015?
    New Horizons
    Curiosity Rover
    Cassini-Huygens
    Voyager 2
  • Which object is thought to have formed from a chunk torn off Earth during a massive collision between Earth and another body in the early Solar System?
    Mars
    The Moon
    Mercury
    Asteroid Belt
  • What is the name of the dwarf planet located in the orbit between Mars and Jupiter?
    Pluto
    Mercury
    Titan
    Ceres
  • What is the hottest object in the Solar System other than the Sun?
    Mercury
    Jupiter
    Earth
    Venus
  • What is the only moon in the Solar System that has a magnetic field (much like planets such as Earth)?
    The Moon (moon of Earth)
    Titan (Moon of Saturn)
    Callisto (Moon of Jupiter)
    Ganymede (moon of Jupiter)
  • Which moon of Saturn is known for having icy geysers that spray liquid water high into space?
    Hyperion
    Enceladus
    Titan
    Iapetus
  • How many planets are so-called “gas giants” because they have enormous atmospheres and no real solid surface?
    4
    3
    1
    2
  • On what planet did the Perseverance Rover land on in February 2021?
    Mars
    Venus
    Neptune
    Mercury
  • Which planet is rotated onto its side, probably due to a massive collision during its formation that tipped it over?
    Uranus
    Earth
    Venus
    Saturn
  • Which object is known for having a giant red spot on its surface, which is actually a centuries old hurricane?
    Earth
    Jupiter
    The Sun
    Venus
  • Which body has the largest cliff in the Solar System? (Hint: it is so small, a rock would take 10 minutes to fall to the bottom.)
    Miranda (moon of Uranus)
    Mars
    Ganymede (moon of Jupiter)
    Earth