Solar System Questions and Answers
Here are some one-liners GK Solar System Questions and Answers:
What is the largest planet in the solar system? – Jupiter.
What is the smallest planet in the solar system? – Mercury.
What is the name of the star at the center of the solar system? – The Sun.
How many planets are there in the solar system? – Eight.
What is the second planet from the Sun? – Venus.
What is the fifth planet from the Sun? – Jupiter.
Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”? – Mars.
What is the third planet from the Sun? – Earth.
Which planet has the most moons? – Jupiter.
What is the largest moon in the solar system? – Ganymede (moon of Jupiter).
What is the name of the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter? – The Main Asteroid Belt.
What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn? – Titan.
What is the name of the probe that visited Pluto in 2015? – New Horizons.
What is the name of the dwarf planet located beyond Pluto? – Eris.
What is the name of the spacecraft that landed on a comet in 2014? – Rosetta.
What is the name of the mission that sent humans to the Moon? – Apollo.
What is the name of the spacecraft that visited all four gas giant planets? – Voyager 2.
Which planet has the most prominent ring system? – Saturn.
What is the name of the mission that explored the surface of Mars with rovers? – Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission.
What is the name of the spacecraft that recently landed on Mars to search for signs of past life? – Perseverance.
What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system? – Olympus Mons (on Mars).
What is the name of the spacecraft that studied the outer planets and is now heading towards interstellar space? – Voyager 1.
What is the name of the spacecraft that discovered water on the Moon? – Chandrayaan-1 (Indian spacecraft).
What is the name of the largest moon of Neptune? – Triton.
What is the name of the spacecraft that studied Jupiter and its moons? – Galileo.
What is the name of the mission that studied Saturn and its moons, including Titan? – Cassini-Huygens.
What is the name of the planet known for its prominent and colorful storms, including the Great Red Spot? – Jupiter.
What is the name of the largest known volcano in the solar system, located on Mars? – Olympus Mons.
What is the name of the mission that captured stunning images of the Sun? – Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
What is the name of the spacecraft that provided detailed images of Pluto and its moons? – New Horizons.
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