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Jupiter

http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/jupiter.php. Jupiter. By: Maddie Hunt. Jupiter’s Name. Roman’s King of the Gods was Jupiter (in Greek – Zeus) Jupiter was the largest object in the sky Thought of as the most powerful object in the sky Therefore, named Jupiter.

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Jupiter

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  1. http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/jupiter.php Jupiter • By: Maddie Hunt

  2. Jupiter’s Name • Roman’s King of the Gods was Jupiter (in Greek – Zeus) • Jupiter was the largest object in the sky • Thought of as the most powerful object in the sky • Therefore, named Jupiter http://history.howstuffworks.com/ancient-rome/jupiter.htm

  3. Discovery of Jupiter • You can see Jupiter with the naked eye and it was known as the largest object in the sky • Ancient Astronomers knew that Jupiter was a planet • This was confirmed when Galileo pointed the first telescope at Jupiter in 1610 and saw 4 moons orbiting it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

  4. Jupiter’s Measurements 27 15 3 2 • Mass: 1.8981x10 • Volume: 1.43128x10 • Density: 1.326 g/cm • Gravity: 24.79 m/s • Order from the Sun: 5th • Distance from the Sun: 741,000,000 km • Distance from the Earth: 588,000,000 km http://prismreptilerobot.net/archives/2010/04/24/saturn-and-jupiter/

  5. Orbit and Rotation • How long it takes to orbit the Sun (one year): 11.86 Earth years (4,332 Earth days) • How long it takes to orbit on its own axis: 9.9 hours http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Jupiter_Images_01.html

  6. Composition of the Atmosphere • 88-92% Hydrogen • 8-12% Helium • 1% other gases • Very thick atmosphere http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/jupiter.html

  7. Weather • Temperature range: 145ºC to 21ºC (-229ºF to 69.8ºF) • Can be much colder than the Earth, but the high is pretty normal • Can be storms that cover 1,000s of kms with winds at 360 kph • Storms can last for 100’s of years • The Big Red Spot (see slide 13) http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970310.html

  8. Composition and Appearance • Gas giant • Internal Composition: mostly Hydrogen molecules in liquid form • Core in heavier with heavier metal elements • Jupiter looks like a large sphere with an orangey hue. It had light and dark stripes horizontally. There are some darker spots and lighter features too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter

  9. Rings • Jupiter has faint, dark, narrow rings • Made out of tiny rock fragments and dust • Discovered my NASA’s Voyager 1 in 1980 • 4 sets of rings: Halo Ring, Main Ring, Amalthea Gossamer Ring, Thebe Gossamer Ring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Jupiter

  10. Moons quoteko.com • 63 Moons • 46 of them are less than 3 km wide • They were all discovered between 1610-2004 • Four Biggest moons are called the Galilean moons because he discovered them • Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto • These are about the same size as Earths moon

  11. Water on Jupiter? • Yes, there all small amounts of water on Jupiter • They aren’t exactly “on” Jupiter • In the form of water vapor in the cloud tops http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/20th_far_galileo.html

  12. What Would Happen to a Human on Jupiter? • A human would be: • Crushed by Jupiter’s gravity • Poisoned by the atmosphere • The surface would absorb you • Moral of the story – Don’t travel to Jupiter http://pacificklaus.com/baumgartner-on-jupiter/

  13. The Big Red Spot • It is just one HUGE storm • 22º South of the equator • Larger than Earth • It rotates counter clockwise • Can shrink and grow • Has traveled around the planet many times • Discovered in 1600 by Giovanni Casinni • Been on Jupiter for at least 400 years • No one is sure when it will end http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/jupiter.html

  14. More Fun Facts about Jupiter • Jupiter can never become a star • It is the largest planet in the solar system • It is the fastest spinning planet in the solar system • The magnetic field is 14x stronger than Earth’s • It has been visited 7 times by spacecraft's • You can see it with the naked eye http://nineplanets.org/

  15. Bibliography • Coffey, Jerry. "How Did Jupiter Get Its Name?" Universe Today RSS. N.p., 22 May 2008. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://www.universetoday.com/14479/>. • Cain, Fraser. "Who Discovered Jupiter?" Universe Today RSS. N.p., 16 Sept. 2009. Web. 13 Dec. 2013. <http://www.universetoday.com/40462/who-discovered-jupiter/>. • Redd, Taylor. "How Far Away Is Jupiter?" Space.com. N.p., 7 Nov. 2012. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://www.space.com/18383-how-far-away-is-jupiter.html>.

  16. Bibliography • Walorski, Paul. "Search." Would Jupiter Float in a Body of Water? N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae618.cfm>. • "JUPITER'S RINGS - EnchantedLearning.com." JUPITER'S RINGS - EnchantedLearning.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/jupiter/jupiterrings.shtml>. • Coffey, Jerry. "Weather on Jupiter." Universe Today RSS. N.p., 17 June 2008. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://www.universetoday.com/15132/weather-on-jupiter/>.

  17. Bibliography • "List of Jupiter's Moons." - Simple English Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Jupiter>. • Cain, Fraser. "Interesting Facts About Jupiter." Universe Today RSS. N.p., 19 June 2008. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://www.universetoday.com/15182/>.

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