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• My year is shorter than my day!
Who Am I?
• I have the shortest day of 10 hrs.
Who Am I?
• I am a loose collection of ice, dust and
rocks. I also have two types of tails.
What Am I?
• I am made up of 75% water.
Who Am I?
• I am a satellite that is extremely volcanic
and I am one of Jupiter’s largest moons!
Who Am I?
• I have a rocky surface with no atmosphere.
Who Am I?
• My soil is coated with a reddish compound
called iron oxide (rust)
Who Am I?
• I am the satellite that is cold and icy and I
am one of Jupiter’s largest moons…
Who Am I?
• I am often known as a snowball in space.
What Am I?
I have Very thick cloud covering (5
times as dense as earth) –
Greenhouse Effect
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• I am known for the “Great Red Spot” which
is a huge storm. The storm has lasted for
centuries.
Who Am I?
• I am a the satellite that is the most heavily
cratered in the Solar System and I am one of
Jupiter’s largest moons, Who Am I?
• I am known for my very slow rotation
time. (59 Earth days for one
rotation.)
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• I am the largest satellite in the Solar
System…..
Who Am I?
• I may be an escaped moon from Neptune.
Who Am I?
• I may be made of rocks, metals or a
combination of the two
Who Am I?
• I am known for my fast Revolution (88
Earth Days)
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• I am the closest planet in size to the
Earth .
Who Am I?
• I am known as one of the gas giant twins
(along with Neptune)
Who Am I?
• I am covered by an ocean of superheated
water that may have been formed from
melted comets….
• I have soil that is coated with a
reddish compound called iron oxide
(commonly known as Rust!)
Who Am I?
• In ancient times this color reminded
people of blood and they thought of a
warrior planet
Who Am I?
• I am often called one of the twin giants
because I am about the same size, mass and
temperature as Uranus.
Who Am I?
• My year is shorter than my day
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• I am named after speedy messenger
of the Roman gods
Who Am I?
• I am Named after the Roman god of
war
• Who Am I?
• One hundred Earths could be strung
around me as if they were a string of
pearls….
• Who Am I?
• I am the brightest planet in the sky
Who Am I?
• I am so big and bright in the night
sky that the Romans named me after
their king of gods
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• I am the 4th planet from the sun
Who Am I?
• I spins so fast that it I am flattened at the
poles and bulge at the equator ….
Who Am I?
• I have a rotation time most similar to
Earth's (about a 24.5 hour day)
Who Am I?
• I have the same diameter, mass and
density as Earth so astronomers call
me Earth's twin….
Who Am I?
• At my core, scientists believe
temperatures may reach 5 times that
of the sun
Who Am I?
• I may be an escaped moon of Neptune.
Who Am I?
• My rings are made mainly of icy particles
Who Am I?
• I am known for my "Great Red Spot"
Who Am I?
• My moon is Titan which is larger than the
planet Mercury….
Who Am I?
• I am known as The Red Planet (rust)
Who Am I?
• I have a very large storm that has
lasted for centuries…
Who Am I?
• I may be an escaped moon of Neptune.
Who Am I?
• I have the shortest rotation time
(shortest day – 10 hours)
Who Am I?
• Charon revolves around me……
Who Am I?
• I am famous for my rings
• My rings are made from rocks and ice
Who Am I?
• I am the most distant planet that can be
seen with the unaided eye….
Who Am I?
• I am often called a "snowball in space".
What Am I?
• I am named for the Roman god of the sea
Who Am I?
• I am known as a dwarf planet.
Who Am I?
• I am sometime called…“flying mountains”
or “minor planets”
• I may be an escaped moon of Neptune.
Who Am I?
• I am the windiest planet
Who Am I?
• I am one of the planets that is tinged with
a greenish-blue color and I am tilted on my
side.
Who Am I?
• I am 4.6 Billion Years old and VERY Hot!
• I am a star and I am 10,000 degrees
Fahrenheit!
• Who am I?
• I am named for the Roman god of the
underworld….
Who Am I?
• I am a the satellite that is the most heavily
cratered in the Solar System and I am one of
Jupiter’s largest moons, Who Am I?
• I am covered by an ocean of superheated
water that may have been formed from
melted comets….
• I am a satellite with a volcanic surface and I
resemble a pepperoni pizza!
• Who Am I?
My moon is Triton!
• I am the satellite that is cold and icy and I
am one of Jupiter’s largest moons…
Who Am I?
• I am the largest planet
Who Am I?
I move more quickly around the sun
than any other planet (88 days to
complete one revolution)
Who Am I?
• I am a satellite that is extremely volcanic
and I am one of Jupiter’s largest moons!
Who Am I?
• I may be made of rocks, metals or a
combination of the two
Who Am I?
• My moon is Triton, (the 4th largest in the
Solar System) which is an unusual moon
that orbits in a backward direction.
(retrograde)
Who Am I?
• I am also known as a "shooting star“…
What Am I?
• I spin on my side because my axis of is
tilted at an angle of about 90 …..
• I spin on my side.
Who Am I?