Rickards Mini Invitational — Solar System

We have confirmed that we know how all planets formed.

Io is the most massive moon in the solar system.

Io has the largest diameter of any moon in the Solar System.

A rogue planet does not orbit any star.

All the planets in the Solar System rotate in the same direction around their axis.

Venus has the most dense atmosphere out of the terrestrial planets in our Solar Sytem

Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter.

Pluto is home to the deepest trenches in the Solar System.

Pluto is found in the Oort Cloud.

3 total space missions have flown by Pluto.

Neptune has a ring system.

What is the mean surface temperature of Venus?

What is the most abundant molecule in Venus' atmosphere?

Which planet has an axis of rotation almost in the same plane as its orbit around the sun?

Which planet was found to have a "Great Dark Spot" in 1989?

The aforementioned "Great Dark Spot" is a result of what kind of phenomenon?

Similar to the aforementioned "Great Dark Spot," which planet has the "Great White Spot"?

Triton is a moon of what planet?

Where in the solar system is Triton thought to have originated?

What evidence is there to suggest that Triton could not have originated in same region as its host planet?

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the volume of Pluto to that of Earth's Moon?

The surface of Pluto is mostly made up of which element?

On Pluto, Sputnik Planitia is what kind of formation?

The exoplanet K2-18b is significant due to be the first exoplanet to have what substance detected in its atmosphere?

On its discovery, K2-18b was considered to be what kind of exoplanet?

The HL Tauri system is important to our understanding of what process?

The Juno probe orbits which planet?

What is the other probe to have orbited the planet Juno orbits?

What is used to power the Juno mission?

The Juno craft carries figures from what popular toy brand?

The Juno mission changed the our understanding of the origin of Zodiacal light. What is Zodiacal light and where is it now thought to originate from?

The ALMA is located in what country?

The ALMA was important in creating an image of the protoplanetary disk in which extrasolar system?

In 2020, ALMA detected which molecule in the atmosphere of Venus?

The Kepler space telescope was designed to find planets roughly the size of what planet in our Solar System?

What object did the Kepler space telescope orbit around primarily?

How many scientific instruments did the Kepler space telescope contain?

What was the main limitation in the types of planets the Kepler space telescope could detect?

What does the acronym "TESS" stand for?

What method does TESS use to detect exoplanets?

Describe the method from the previous question?

What percentage of the sky does TESS survey?

Roughly speaking, in terms of the orbital period of the Moon, what is the orbital period of TESS?

What is the orbital period of a "hot Jupiter"

Hot Jupiters are most easily found using what method?

What term is used to describe how Hot Jupiters got to where they are relative to their host star?

The term "Super-Earth" is only in reference to what property of planets?

Compared to the planets in our Solar System, name the planets that are larger than a Super Earth.

What elements are most prevalent in the atmosphere of a mini-Neptune?

In terms of Jupiter masses, what is the maximum mass of a Super Jupiter?

Ultra Short Period planets have orbital periods shorter than what value of time?

What is the relationship between metallicity of a host star and the odds to have a planetary system?

What term is used to describe the area around a particular star in which a planet could theoretically support life?

What determines the area from the previous question?

What galaxy are most detected exoplanets from?

State or describe Kepler's First Law.

What is Saturn's core most likely comprised of?

What is the only moon in the Solar System with a substantial atmosphere?

What planet does the moon from the previous question orbit?

What two elements are gas giants mostly comprised of?

What is the main difference between ice giants and gas giants?

In astronomy, what is considered to be an "ice"?

What effect makes the radial velocity method of planet detection possible?

Tidal forces are caused by what fundamental force?

Planetary migration normally occurs in which direction relative to the host star of a system?