Jupiter

Bobby Buhring

Jupiter’s Name

• Jupiter means king of Roman gods

• Largest planet in sky

Discovery of Jupiter

• Galileo

• Used telescope

• January 7, 1610

Distances

• Order from the Sun: 5th

• Distance from the Sun: 778,500,000 km

• Distance from the Earth: 588,000,000 km

Planet Measurements

• Mass: 1.9*10^27 kg

• Volume: 1.43128*10^15 km^3

• Density: 1,326 kg/m^3

• Gravity: 24.79 m/s^2

Orbit and Rotation

• Takes 11.86 Earth years to revolve around sun

• Takes 9.9 hours to rotate on own axis

Composition of Atmosphere

• Icy clouds of gases

• Only small traces of CH3, water

• Thick

• Largest atmosphere in Solar System

Temperature Range

• -145 degrees Celsius on surface

• A lot colder than Earth

Composition

• Gas Giant

• 71% hydrogen

• 24% helium

• 5% other

Weather

• Very windy

• Lightning and thunder

• Form of precipitation that consists of ammonia crystals

http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/NatSci102/images/greatredspot.jpg

Rings

• Rings

• Faint, dark

• Composed of tiny rock and dust fragments

• Discovered by NASA’s Voyager 1

http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/images/screenshots/various/jupiter_Jupiter_Rings_1__Bob_Hegwood.jpg

Moons

• At least 63 moons

• Galileo discovered the first ones

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Jupiter_family.jpg

Water

• In form of vapor

• Only on cloud tops

• Scientists surprised to find water

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/blogs/6a00d8341bf67c53ef017742b41e2d970d-800wi.jpg

What would happen if human went to Jupiter?

• Would die in many wayso Crushed by gravityo Poisoned by atmosphereo Die of extreme temp.

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/381/overrides/juno-spacecraft-trip-to-jupiter_38195_600x450.jpg

Interesting Facts

• Fastest spinning planet in Solar System

• The Great Red Spot has been around for at least 30 years

• Size of Spot is decreasing

• Been visited by spacecraft 7 times from Earth

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