What does Juno study?

Jupiter's interior, gravity and magnetic field

What small figures did Juno carry?

Lego figures of Galileo, Jupiter and Juno

Jupiter Missions Trivia: 10 Questions With Answers

This Jupiter missions trivia covers Pioneer 10's first flyby, the Voyagers, the Galileo orbiter and its atmospheric probe, Juno, ESA's JUICE and NASA's Europa Clipper. Ten questions with answers on spacecraft that explored the largest planet.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

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First
Which was the first spacecraft to fly past Jupiter, in 1973?
Rings
What did Voyager 1 discover around Jupiter in 1979?
Orbiter
Which was the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter?
Probe
What did the Galileo mission drop into Jupiter?
Comet
Which comet's impact on Jupiter did Galileo observe in 1994?
Juno
What does Juno study?
Solar
What is unusual about Juno's power source for an outer planet mission?
Lego
What small figures did Juno carry?
JUICE
Which ESA mission launched in 2023 to study Jupiter's icy moons?
Clipper
Which NASA mission launched in 2024 to study Europa?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which was the first spacecraft to fly past Jupiter, in 1973?
Answer: Pioneer 10
It crossed the asteroid belt safely.
Q2: What did Voyager 1 discover around Jupiter in 1979?
Answer: Faint rings
It also saw volcanoes on Io.
Q3: Which was the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter?
Answer: Galileo
It arrived in 1995.
Q4: What did the Galileo mission drop into Jupiter?
Answer: An atmospheric probe
It measured the atmosphere for about an hour.
Q5: Which comet's impact on Jupiter did Galileo observe in 1994?
Answer: Shoemaker-Levy 9
It was still on its way to Jupiter.
Q6: What does Juno study?
Answer: Jupiter's interior, gravity and magnetic field
It arrived in 2016.
Q7: What is unusual about Juno's power source for an outer planet mission?
Answer: It uses solar panels
Its panels are very large.
Q8: What small figures did Juno carry?
Answer: Lego figures of Galileo, Jupiter and Juno
They were made of aluminum.
Q9: Which ESA mission launched in 2023 to study Jupiter's icy moons?
Answer: JUICE
It will orbit Ganymede.
Q10: Which NASA mission launched in 2024 to study Europa?
Answer: Europa Clipper
It will make dozens of flybys.

Jupiter Missions Trivia – Visiting the Giant

Jupiter, the largest planet, has been visited by several spacecraft. Pioneer 10 flew past in 1973, followed by Pioneer 11 and the Voyagers, which discovered rings, active volcanoes on Io and complex storms.

Galileo became the first Jupiter orbiter in 1995 and dropped a probe into the atmosphere. It found evidence of a hidden ocean on Europa. Juno, arriving in 2016, flies close over the poles to study Jupiter's interior and magnetic field.

New missions are focusing on Jupiter's icy moons. ESA's JUICE and NASA's Europa Clipper will study whether Ganymede, Callisto and Europa could hold habitable oceans.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is for space fans exploring Jupiter missions.

Which probe flew by first
Which orbiter came first
What Juno studies
What JUICE will do
What Europa Clipper targets

Did You Know?

Galileo was deliberately crashed into Jupiter in 2003.
Ulysses and Cassini also passed Jupiter.
Jupiter's radiation is dangerous to electronics.
New Horizons flew by Jupiter in 2007.
Juno has imaged lightning on Jupiter.