Astronomy Quizzes
Planet Jupiter Quiz

How much do you know about the Planet Jupiter, let's find out .. Good luck!

1. Which planet is Jupiter from the Sun?
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

2. What is the average distance of Jupiter from the Sun?
122 million miles / 196 million km
245 million miles / 394 million km
484 million miles / 779 million km
896 million miles / 1.4 billion km

3. The diameter of Jupiter is how much larger than Earth?
3 times larger
5 times larger
8 times larger
11 times larger

4. How many Earths could fit inside Jupiter?
396
622
945
1316

5. Jupiter's atmosphere is mostly composed of which two gases?
Hydrogen and Helium
Nitrogen and carbon dioxide
Argon and oxygen
Methane and Helium

6. How long does it take Jupiter to go around the Sun?
6 years
12 years
18 years
24 years

7. Which of these is not a moon of Jupiter?
Europa
Io
Titan
Ganymede

8. Which astronomer discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
William Herschel
Edwin Hubble

9. In which year did the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts visit Jupiter?
1979
1984
1989
1994

10. Jupiter is named after which Roman God?
The Prince of Gods
The Son of Gods
The King of Gods
The Father of Gods




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