Question

Identify me:
I am having frozen carbon dioxide near the poles which look like capes.
I have two natural satellites.
I take 687 days to move once around the sun.
I am rich in Iron oxide.
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mars
(C) Uranus
(D) Pluto

Answer 1

In this question, a number of characteristics are given, by using these characteristics we have to determine what the answer is. Now according to the second and third chrematistic given, it has two natural satellites and takes 687 days to move once around the sun which means that it has to be a Planet of the Solar System. Now we need to identify which Planet in our solar system has all these characteristics.

Complete step by step answer:
The planet which has frozen carbon dioxide near the poles, two natural satellites, takes 687 days to move once around the sun and is rich in Iron oxide.
We know that the planets in our solar system starting from nearest to the sun are following-
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Now the number of natural satellites for each planet are given as follows-
Mercury = 0
Venus = 0
Earth = 1
Mars = 2
Jupiter = 63
Saturn = 60
Uranus = 27
Neptune = 13
So out of all these planets, only “Mars” has 2 natural satellites, “Phobos” and “Deimos”. So, the answer has to be Mars. Let us also check other characteristics of Mars, they are-
The Orbit Period (The time taken by a planet to move once around the sun) of Mars is 687 days. It has a very thin atmosphere mainly composed of carbon dioxide near the poles. It is also very rich in Iron Oxide commonly known as the “Rust'', the color of this rust is Reddish in nature, that is why the other name of this planet given is “The Red Planet” because of its appearance.
Conclusion: The answer is Mars.

Note: An easy way to solve this question is to just consider the second characteristic that “it has two natural satellites” and we know that only “Mars” has two natural satellites in our solar system so the correct answer should have to be Mars.