ASTR 1345 TEST #3 (UTA) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026

ASTR 1345 TEST #3 (UTA) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026 What is the largest planet in our solar system? - Answers Jupiter What is the largest of the terrestrial planets? - Answers Earth What is the second largest planet in our solar system? - Answers Saturn What is the smallest planet in our solar system? - Answers Mercury List the planets from largest to smallest. - Answers 1. Jupiter 2. Saturn 3. Uranus 4. Neptune 5. Earth 6. Venus 7. Mars 8. Mercury List the planets closest to farthest from the sun. - Answers 1. Mercury 2. Venus 3. Earth 4. Mars 5. Jupiter 6. Saturn 7. Uranus 8. Neptune What is the distance of 1 astronomical unit? - Answers 150 million kilometers (Roughly 93 million miles) How many AU's is Mercury from the sun? - Answers .4 AU How many AU's is Venus from the sun? - Answers .7 AU How many AU's is Mars from the sun? - Answers 1.5 AU How many AU's is Jupiter from the sun? - Answers 5.2 AU How many AU's is Saturn from the sun? - Answers 9.5 AU How many AU's is Uranus from the sun? - Answers 19.2 AU How many AU's is Neptune from the sun? - Answers 30 AU Which planet was visited by Messenger (2004 launch) and Mariner 10 (1973 launch)? - Answers Mercury Which planet resembles our moon? - Answers Mercury Which planet has scarps? - Answers Mercury Which planet does the caloris basin (huge impact crater) belong? - Answers Mercury Which planet's craters have spiderweb-like lines? - Answers Mercury How many AU's is the asteroid belt from the sun? - Answers 2.8 AU How many Earths could fit inside Jupiter? - Answers 1400 What is the axial tilt of Mercury? - Answers 0 degrees (no seasons) What is the axial tilt of Venus? - Answers 177 degrees (no seasons) What is the axial tilt of Earth? - Answers 23.5 degrees (summer, winter, fall, spring) What is the axial tit of Mars? - Answers 24 degrees (same as earth)