Jupiter
The Great Red Spot is larger than Earth. This topic is part of Astronomy within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 26 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Jupiter trivia questions
What giant storm has been observed on Jupiter for centuries?
Answer: Great Red Spot
Bonus fact: The Great Red Spot is larger than Earth.
Which moon of Jupiter is the largest moon in the solar system?
Answer: Ganymede
Bonus fact: Ganymede is even larger than Mercury.
Jupiter and Saturn are what type of planets?
Answer: Gas giants
Bonus fact: They are dominated by hydrogen and helium.
What are small rocky objects that orbit the Sun, many of them between Mars and Jupiter, called?
Answer: Asteroids
Bonus fact: Most known asteroids orbit in the asteroid belt.
Most asteroids in our solar system orbit the Sun between Mars and which planet?
Answer: Jupiter
Bonus fact: The main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Mars is the how-many-th planet from the Sun?
Answer: Fourth
Bonus fact: Mars lies between Earth and Jupiter.
Saturn is the how-many-th planet from the Sun?
Answer: Sixth
Bonus fact: Saturn orbits between Jupiter and Uranus.
Why did material in the asteroid belt fail to form a full-sized planet?
Answer: Jupiter's gravity disrupted accretion
Bonus fact: Jupiter's strong gravitational influence stirred up the region.
Which is the largest gas giant in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Bonus fact: Jupiter is the largest planet overall.
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Bonus fact: Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
Which planet has the shortest day in the solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Bonus fact: Jupiter takes about 9.9 hours to rotate once on its axis.
What is the second-largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Saturn
Bonus fact: Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet, behind Jupiter.