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JUPITER. Facts about Jupiter. Jupiter Facts. Jupiter rotates so fast that the days only take 10 hours. A Jovian year is between 11 and 12 years long. Jupiter is 11.86 earth years. Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky. How Jupiter got it’s name….
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JUPITER Facts about Jupiter
Jupiter Facts • Jupiter rotates so fast that the days only take 10 hours. • A Jovian year is between 11 and 12 years long. • Jupiter is 11.86 earth years. • Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky.
How Jupiter got it’s name… • Jupiter got it’s name from the Romans who named it after their king of god’s, Jupiter, who was also the god of sky and of thunder. • They choose to name it Jupiter, because it was the largest object in the sky, and therefore the Romans thought it was the most powerful, therefore naming it Jupiter. Roman king of gods, Jupiter.
Jupiter’s Rings • Jupiter has a small ring system that is composed of an inner halo, it as known as the Jovian ring system. • Jupiter has three rings. • Jupiter has a ring just like Saturn and Uranus. • Jupiter’s rings were discovered by Voyager 1.
Jupiter’s Moons • Jupiter has the biggest moon in the Solar System, Ganymede. • Jupiter also has the four biggest moons in the Solar System. Lo- which is the most volcanically active object in the solar system; sulfur lava gives it it’s distinctive red and orange color; it has a thin oxygen, sulfur, and sulfur dioxide atmosphere. Europa- rocky interior is covered by a 100-km thick ice crust, which has a network of cracks, indicating tectonic activity; has a thin oxygen atmosphere. (Science Voyages, 2000)
Jupiter’s Moons (continued) • Ganymede- has an ice crust about 100 km thick, covered with grooves; crust may surround a mantle of water or slushy ice; has a rocky core and a thin hydrogen atmosphere. • Callisto- has a heavily cratered, ice-rock crust several hundred kilometers thick; crust may surround a salty ocean around a rock core; has a thin atmosphere of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. (Science Voyages, 2000)
Jupiter’s Moons Pictures Callisto
The Great Red Spot • The great red spot on Jupiter is a storm that has been going on for over 300 years. • You can fit 100 Earths into Jupiter’s great read spot. • The storm is a storm of swirling gas. • Three Earth’s could fit in The Great Red Spot.
Space Probes • A total of eight space probes have traveled to Jupiter. • Names of Space Probes- Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Ulysses Cassini New Horizon Juno • Jupiter has been explored several times by robotic spacecraft. • The solar-powered Juno spacecraft lifted of from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in 2011.
Jupiter’s Atmosphere • Jupiter has the largest planetary atmosphere in the solar system. • Jupiter has a dense core. • Jupiter is a very stormy planet. • Jupiter is considered a gas giant, because it does not have a solid surface. • Jupiter has a rocky iron core. • Jupiter is primarily composed of hydrogen, with a quarter of it’s bass being helium. • The temperature can range from -100oF to -150oF.
Pictures Juno Space Probe Jupiter’s Ring Jupiter
Jupiter Facts • Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. • It takes twelve Earth years for Jupiter to orbit around the sun. • Jupiter rotates faster than any other planet in the solar system. • At the center of Jupiter is a rocky core, slightly bigger than Earth, but weighing about 20 times more.
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Pictures What it might look like to be on Jupiter.
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