Exam 13: Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Worlds of the Solar System

On Bode's advice, Herschel named his newly discovered planet after:

Because the poles of Uranus spend 42 years in darkness, the temperatures between thenorthern and southern hemispheres of Uranus differ by as much as hundreds of Kelvins,depending on where Uranus is in its orbit.

Which statement about the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune is FALSE?

In what ways do the magnetic fields of both Uranus and Neptune defy the conventionalDynamo Theory for planetary magnetic fields?

Neptune has a highly tilted rotation axis, much like Uranus, and very unlike Saturn's.

Which planet had the Great Dark Spot in 1989, but had lost it by 1995?

The masses of Neptune and Uranus were first determined by:

Unlike Jupiter and Saturn, at Uranus and Neptune the ________ rotates the slowest.

How were the rings of Uranus discovered? How have they since been imaged from Earthbetter?

The rings of Uranus were discovered from Earth when the planet occulted a star.

The Great ________ Spot of Neptune was striking in 1989, but gone by 1995.

Uranus and Neptune are very similar in size and mass.

Neptune has completed dozens of orbits since its discovery.

Which jovian planet has no internal heat source?

The only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune was:

In strength, the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune are:

In 1989, Neptune was found to have a huge storm named the:

Unlike the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have almost no:

Uranus and Neptune are often called twin worlds. How do their axial tilts differ?

________ looked very bland in Voyager 2 photos in 1986, but as equinox approached in the1990s, its disk showed belts, zones, and storms.