Jupiter

By:

CaRter, Bree, and Chelsee

Discovery and Name

• People think that Galileo discovered Jupiter.

Jupiter is named after Roman King of gods.

MeasurementsOrder from

the Sun fifth planet

Distance from the Sun

483.8 million miles

Diameter 86881.4

miles

Mass The mass is

Temperature -190

degrees Fahrenheit

Day Length 9h 56mYear Length 12 years

Composition and Appearance

Jupiter has a very dense core. It was thought to be surrounded by a layer of liquid metallic, hydrogen, and helium, and an outer layer of hydrogen.

The appearance of Jupiter is that it has stripped patterns of clouds which are white, orange, and brown. The Great Red spot also appears on Jupiter’s surface.

Jupiter has three rings. They are all made of dust. When a meteor strikes the surface of Jupiter’s small, inner moons, dust kicks up, and then the dust goes into orbit with Jupiter making its rings.

The atmosphere on Jupiter is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium. In some small parts, it has methane, ammonia, hydrogen, sulfide, and water

MoonsJupiter has fifty moons. Seventeen moons still have not been confirmed. Jupiter’s four major moons are Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They were discovered around 1610.

Exploration

The Galileo was the the third spacecraft to go and see Jupiter’s atmosphere.

It took it is six years of the exploration craft.

The first spacecraft to see Jupiter was the Pioneer 10. It was the first space craft to fly around Jupiter.

There are also a lot more spacecrafts that saw and went by Jupiter.

I will name some, Pioneer 10, the Galileo, the Ulysses and the Voyager.

Unique FactsDid you that Jupiter has a big storm that is way bigger than one on Earth. Jupiter also has

shorter days than earth has.

It is a gas plant and that means you cant stand on Jupiter. There are many

cool facts about Jupiter and those are just some , but there will always be new ones.

Photo Credits• Slide 3: NASA / Photo Researchers / Universal Images Group• Slide 1 : : CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Universal

Images Group• Slide 2: FRIEDRICH SAURER / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Universal Images Group• Slide 4: FRIEDRICH SAURER / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Universal Images Group• Slide 5: Science and Society Museum/ Universal Images Group• Slide 5: Science and Society Museum/ Universal Images Group• Slide 5: NASA / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Universal Images Group• Slide 5: NASA / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Universal Images Group• Slide 6: The Natural History Museum, London / Universal Images Group• Slide 7: The Granger Collection / Universal Images Group