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Weekly Planetary Radio Trivia Contest


Each Monday, Planetary Radio asks listeners a question. Listeners must send in their answers to planetaryradio@planetary.org by the following Monday. The winner will be chosen by a random drawing from among all the correct entries received. This week's prize is a Planetary Radio T-shirt and an Oceanside Photo & Telescope rewards card! Listen to the show for details.

This week's question:
What moons of the solar system are bigger than Pluto? Start with Ganymede and Triton.

To submit your answer:
Send an email no later than Monday at 2 pm Pacific time to planetaryradio@planetary.org containing:
  1. Your answer
  2. Your name
  3. How to pronounce your name
  4. Your mailing address
  5. Your email address
  6. Your T-shirt size

Last week's question:
In what year was the first successful lunar orbiter?

Answer:
Coming soon in next week's show.

Question from the week before:
Give us the surface area of the Moon AND an analogy that makes us appreciate that figure. (football fields, small countries, pizzas...you get the idea)

Answer:
The moon's surface area is about 37.9 square kilometers, or almost 93 quadrillion Mona Lisa paintings, or 310,638 Disney Worlds.