Neptune Quiz

Neptune Quiz Questions

1) Who are credited with the discovery of Neptune?
a) Adams and Le Verrier
b) Hubble and Slipher
c) Lowell and Kelvin
d) Newton and Kepler

2) Galileo had observed Neptune. What did he think of it?
a) Satellite
b) Meteor
c) Asteroid
d) Star

3) Which is the outermost ring of Neptune?
a) Adams
b) Galatea
c) Leverrier
d) Galle

4) Who is Neptune in mythology?
a) God of the sky
b) God of the sea
c) God of Trees
d) God of Flowers

5) When was Triton discovered?
a) 1789
b) 1815
c) 1833
d) 1846

6) Who discovered Nerenid?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Gerard Kuiper
c) Edwin Aldrin
d) George Patton

7) How many years does Neptune take to orbit the Sun?
a) 165
b) 176
c) 226
d) 314

8) How many satellites of Neptune were discovered in 2002?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six

9) What is Neptune’s rotation period?
a) 16 hours 7 minutes
b) 24 hours
c) 36 hours 17 minutes
d) 28 hours

10) Which spacecraft discovered six satellites of Neptune in 1989?
a) Voyager 1
b) Voyager 2
c) Challenger
d) Luna

1) Who are credited with the discovery of Neptune?
a) Adams and Le Verrier

2) Galileo had observed Neptune. What did he think of it?
d) Star

3) Which is the outermost ring of Neptune?
a) Adams

4) Who is Neptune in mythology?
b) God of the sea

5) When was Triton discovered?
d) 1846

6) Who discovered Nerenid?
b) Gerard Kuiper

7) How many years does Neptune take to orbit the Sun?
a) 165

8) How many satellites of Neptune were discovered in 2002?
b) Four

9) What is Neptune’s rotation period?
a) 16 hours 7 minutes

10) Which spacecraft discovered six satellites of Neptune in 1989?
b) Voyager 2