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Jupiter

Jupiter. A gas giant. time. It takes Jupiter 9 hours and 55 minutes to rotate a day. (fastest in the solar system) It takes Jupiter 12 earth years to make one year on Jupiter. (a complete rotation around the sun.). What Jupiter's air is made up of.

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Jupiter

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  1. Jupiter A gas giant

  2. time • It takes Jupiter 9 hours and 55 minutes to rotate a day. (fastest in the solar system) • It takes Jupiter 12 earth years to make one year on Jupiter. (a complete rotation around the sun.)

  3. What Jupiter's air is made up of • The atmosphere on Jupiter is mostly made up of hydrogen (H2) and helium (He). • The air is made up of mostly gases (90%hydrogen, 10%heilem, methane water, and ammonia) • The core of Jupiter is about the size of earth. • The average cloud temperature on Jupiter is 121 degrees C. • Jupiter doesn't have a solid core but the gasses just get denser with more depth.

  4. Moons of Jupiter • Jupiter has 67 known moons (Io Europa Ganymede Callisto Amalthea HimaliaElar Pasiphae SinopeLysitheaCarme Ananke Leda Thebe Adrastea. Metis Callirrhoe. Themisto. Megaclite. TaygetChaldeneHarpalykeKalykeIocasteErinomeIsonoePraxidikeAutonoeThyoneHermippeAitneEurydomeEuantheEuporieOrthosieSponde Kale PasitheeHegemoneMnemeAoedeThelxinoeArcheKallichoreHelikeCarpoEukeladeCyllene Kore Herse) • Some of Jupiter's moons have oceans underneath the crust that may be able to support life. • Most of Jupiter's moons have harsh weather conditions and volcanic activity

  5. Rings • Jupiter's rings were discovered in the 1970s • Jupiter has three faint rings composed of dust and small rock. • The rings were formed by dust from the moons

  6. Jupiter's Great Red Spot • The Great Red Spot of Jupiter is a storm that is the size of about two or three earths. • This storm has been raging on for hundreds of years. • The storm spins counterclockwise, which can take up to about about 6 days. • NASA has confirmed that the Great Red Spot has shrank in the passed 15 years. • the storm is shrinking 580 miles per year.

  7. Explorations and visits • Jupiter will be visited by Juno in 2016. • First visited by Pioneer 10 in 1973 • Then by pioneer 11, voyager 1 and voyager 21990, Ulysses (ESA), and 2006 New Horizons.

  8. Sources • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Rings • http://www.universetoday.com/23914/rotation-of-jupiter/ • http://www.courses.vcu.edu/PHY-rhg/astron/html/mod/012/ • http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/15may_grs/

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