Exam 16: The Solar System

The Venus lacks

The planet whose axis of rotation lies almost in its orbital plane is

The planet Mercury

The distance between Earth and the Sun is 93,000, 000 miles, or one ______________.

Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets around the Sun are

The most distant planet that can be seen with the unaided eye is

Suppose a small, new planet were discovered at a distance of 4 AU from the Sun. According to Kepler's third law, what would be its period?

The terrestrial planets have

The Moon's albedo is ______________.

The largest volcano on Earth is in ______________.

The planet with the Great Dark Spot is

Our solar system is thought to have evolved from a(n) ______________.

What percentage of the total mass of the 8 planets exists in Jupiter?

The planet ______________ has retrograde motion.

______________ is the apparent motion that occurs between two fixed objects when the observer changes position.

Which of the following is believed to have played a major role in the condensation process predicted by the condensation theory?

Kepler's third law of planetary motion is also known as the ______________ law.

The Great Red Spot is a feature of ______________.

Which planet moves the fastest?

The rings of Saturn were discovered by ______________.