CHAPTER 21: PLANETS AND THEIR MOONS
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Uranus has 27 moons with most of them being named after different characters written by William Shakespeare. The name of Uranus’ 4th largest moon is similar to that of a washing powder commonly used in India. Can you name it?
Not all planets in the Solar System have moons. Only __ planets have moon. Insects like bees and cockroaches have ___ legs. Fill in the blanks.
While moons of different planets have different names, what is a moon?
Saturn has 82 moons. The number 82 is divisible by which of the following?
The Jupiter also has a large number of moons. However, four of them are of great interest - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. These 4 are named after the ancient astronomer who discovered them. Can you guess the person in question?
Our moon is nearly 4.53 ______ years old, close to 70 times older than the dinosaurs.
1 _________ = 100 crores.
Fill in the blanks.
Triton is the largest moon of _________. It is the only moon in the Solar System that rotates opposite to the planet’s rotation. _________ is the farthest planet from the Sun. Fill in the blanks.
The Moon has been the subject of great fascination for humans. Can you name the moon mission that India has developed to study the moon?
It was named after the Roman God of War. The Greeks called it Ares which was the name of their God of War. It has two moons named Phobos and Deimos meaning ‘Fear and ‘Terror’ respectively. Which planet are we talking about?
If the name of Earth’s moon gets interchanged and is now called Ganymede, the moon will become a satellite of which planet?
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