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Jupiter was discovered blue because it was facing the sun in a certain way which made it look blue. Jupiter. Mikayla Sivulka and Michael Duran. The History.
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Jupiter was discovered blue because it was facing the sun in a certain way which made it look blue. Jupiter MikaylaSivulka and Michael Duran
The History Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter in Italy in 1610 and it was found looking through a telescope. Its name means mythology Zeus. This is Jupiter’s symbol.
SOLAR SYSTEM • Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. • It is 484 million miles from the sun. • It takes 433,259 days to orbit around the sun. • It takes 9 hours and 55 minutes to rotate around the solar system.
Moons Jupiter has 4 moons: • Europa • Ganymede • Calisto • Io
Planet appearance • Jupiter looks like a red, orange, yellow, and brown planet. • It also has tan stripes, one black spot and a red spot that was there for 300 years. • It looks like a huge basket ball. • The red spot is bigger than Earth.
Rings • Jupiter has one ring that is impossible to see from Earth. • We could only see the ring by sending a robot to Jupiter.
Exploration • No one ever has been on Jupiter before. • But we sent a robot to Jupiter to take a picture and was sent on September 1, 1979 it returned November 13, 1980. • People can’t go on Jupiter because Jupiter is a gassy planet , and people call it the Gas Giant. There is no solution .
Interesting Facts • Jupiter spins fast for a little bit and than very slow. It has 64 moons and Jupiter has more gravity than Earth. Jupiter is the fourth biggest thing in the sky. • It has a rocky core inside of it. The weather on Jupiter has a lot ofdust storms because there is a red and black spot that makes the dust storms over 300 years. If I am 60 pounds on Earth , than I weigh 141.8 pounds on Jupiter.