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Jupiter – 5.2 AU

Jupiter – 5.2 AU. Voyager. Atmosphere - Almost all atmosphere - 86% H, 13.6 %He, Methane, Ammonia, Water Vapor - Belts and Zones. Atmosphere - Almost all atmosphere - 86% H, 13.6 %He, Methane, Ammonia, Water Vapor - Belts and Zones - Brown and White Ovals. Atmosphere

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Jupiter – 5.2 AU

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  1. Jupiter – 5.2 AU

  2. Voyager

  3. Atmosphere - Almost all atmosphere - 86% H, 13.6 %He, Methane, Ammonia, Water Vapor - Belts and Zones

  4. Atmosphere - Almost all atmosphere - 86% H, 13.6 %He, Methane, Ammonia, Water Vapor - Belts and Zones - Brown and White Ovals

  5. Atmosphere - Almost all atmosphere - 86% H, 13.6 %He, Methane, Ammonia, Water Vapor - Belts and Zones - Brown and White Ovals - The Great Red Spot (high pressure “hurricane”)

  6. GRS Earth

  7. Jupiter’s Interior

  8. Jupiter’s Magnetic Field - 19,000 times stronger than Earth’s - Caused by rapid rotation and liquid metallic H-layer

  9. 30,000,000 km

  10. Jupiter’s Ring - small particles from 4 small moons

  11. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hits Jupiter, July, 1994 Io Impact Sites

  12. Jupiter’s Moons - At least 60 moons - Most very small (100’s of km) - 4 largest known as the “Galilean Moons”

  13. The Galilean Moons Io Europa Callisto Ganymede

  14. Io - volcanically active Jupiter Io Europa

  15. Io with new debris from Tvashtar Catena

  16. Volcano Loki

  17. Volcano caught in the act by Voyager I

  18. Europa – A subsurface ocean

  19. The Surface of Europa

  20. Cracked Ice on Europa

  21. Europa Close-up

  22. Europa ice cliffs

  23. Europa Hydrobot 20__?

  24. Ganymede - 2 types of Surface 1. Young, light color

  25. Ganymede

  26. Ganymede - 2 types of Surface 1. Young, light color 2. Old, dark, heavily cratered A weak magnetic field => A deep sub-surface ocean?

  27. Voyager - 1979 Galileo - 1999

  28. Callisto- An old, battered surface Another moon with a magnetic field

  29. Ice cliffs on Callisto

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