Question

Consider the following statements:
(1) Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. Its diameter is 109 times larger than Earth's.
(2) Jupiter's four large Moons are called the Galilean Moons (lo, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• A. Only 1
• B. Only 2
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Both 1 and 2

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. Its diameter measures 142,800 km. It is so gigantic that all other planets in the solar system could fit into Jupiter. The planet Jupiter's four largest moons are called the Galilean satellites after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who first observed them in 1610.