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Name that Planet

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  1. Its largest satellite is Charon.

    Pluto

  2. First planet discovered in modern times.

    Uranus

  3. Great Red Spot.

    Jupiter

  4. First in the alphabetical order.

    Earth

  5. Densest atmosphere of all the terrestrial planets.

    Venus

  6. Triton is one of its moons.

    Neptune

  7. Named after the Roman goddess of love.

    Venus

  8. Has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.

    Mars

  9. First planet discovered with mathematical prediction rather than observations.

    Neptune

  10. Discovered by William Herschel.

    Uranus

  11. Has the highest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons.

    Mars

  12. Names of satellites are chosen from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

    Uranus

  13. Only planet that is less dense than water.

    Saturn

  14. Two and a half times as massive as all of the other planets combined.

    Jupiter

  15. Its defining features are composed of Ice.

    Saturn (the rings)

  16. English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology.

    Earth

  17. Orbits the Sun once every 88 days.

    Mercury

  18. Named after the Greek god of the sky.

    Uranus

  19. Only planet named after a female figure.

    Venus

  20. Red planet.

    Mars

  21. Jovian planets/Gas giants.

    Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

  22. Has the largest canyon in the Solar System, Valles Marineris.

    Mars

  23. The Terrestrial planets .

    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

  24. The name was first suggested by Venetia Burney, a 11-yr old girl.

    Pluto

  25. Blue planet.

    Neptune

  26. Great Dark Spot.

    Neptune

  27. Craters are an obvious feature of the landscape.

    Mercury

  28. Only spacecraft to approach it was Mariner 10 from 1974 to 1975.

    Mercury

  29. Earth's sister planet.

    Venus

  30. Surface temperature is -230°C.

    Pluto

  31. Spins in the opposite direction relative to all the others.

    Venus

  32. New Horizons would be the first spacecraft to fly by and study it and its moons in 2015.

    Pluto

  33. Morning Star or the Evening Star.

    Venus

  34. Has the strongest winds of any planet.

    Neptune

  35. Named after the Roman god of the sea.

    Neptune

  36. Of the gas giants, it has the highest density.

    Neptune

  37. Particles from Solar wind are responsible for its Aurora.

    Earth

  38. Hydrogen, methane and ammonia make up its atmosphere.

    Jupiter