KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -By most counts, Jupiter has between 80 and 95 moons, but neither number captures the complexity of the Jovian system of moons, rings and asteroids. The giant planet commands thousands of small objects in its orbit.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Galilean moons are by far the largest and most massive objects to orbit Jupiter. The other 91 known moons and the rings together make up just 0.003% of the total orbiting mass. The four are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. They are roughly the same size as Earth’s moon, some are a bit bigger, some are smaller.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jupiter is the king of the planets! Did you know that Jupiter has some two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the solar system? With a diameter of some 88, 000 miles, Jupiter is a gas giant that dwarfs Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jupiter is monstrously large, so much so that it is more than twice as massive as all other planets in the solar system combined. Consequently, it has an equally massive gravitational pull that helped it capture a myriad of satellites. By the latest count, the gas giant has 79 confirmed moons.

Detailed explanation-5: -Himalia was discovered in 1904, Elara in 1905, Pasiphae in 1908, Sinope in 1914, Lysithea and Carme in 1938, Ananke in 1951, and Leda in 1974.