THE JOVIAN PLANETS
Made by:
Maria Pilar B. Fernandez-Cuervo
and
Latinne Bandaay
Jovian Planets:
The Gas Giants
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/gas_sizes.jpg
Neptune
Jovian Planets
• rings
 not seen
• very, very gigantic
• Cores:
metal, rock, hydrogen compounds
JJupiter
• ball of gas
 Hydrogen, Helium
• 5th planet
• Biggest planet
• Stormy, Thick clouds
•
64 moons
• Great red spot
 storm
 300 yrs.
•
thin, narrow ring, not seen
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/media/jupiter.jpg
Saturn
• rings
 thin, wide
 rock, dust, ice: frozen gas
• 2nd largest
• 6th planet
• 62 moons
Uranus
•

•
•
•
•
rings
unseen
tilted
84 earth years: 1 year
27 moons
Water , Ammonia,
Methane
• 7th planet
• 3rd largest
http://msnlv.com/Uranus-planet.jpg
Neptune
•



Dark spot
storm
fastest winds
vanishes
• 14 moons
• Hydrogen, Helium, Methane
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJokubHneS0O7R4fxsaoH1SYuBmQ0sv_ltkCItNI_nSI_knrP_g
The formation of the Jovian
planets:
Accretion
•
microscopic
Frost Line
 Cooler temp.
•
• Condensation
• Hydrogen, Helium
• Collide
http://us.123rf.com/450wm/designua/designua1209/designua120900002/15013058-structureatom-helium-and-hydrogen.jpg
begin to clump.
• hydrogen and helium
https://encryptedtbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS7oxDpw5lKI6ZQnUEsuVAyrVgxEhWc8LJXjPPpuyELqEq8GV83w
These clumps accrete more.
• Condensing of ices
• grow in size
Sources: http://blogs.jccc.edu/astronomy/...planets...planetary.../chapter-11-jovian-plane;
http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/solsys_planets.php#jovian
Clumps form planetesimals
•
larger, gravity is stronger.
Source: : http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/solsys_planets.php#jovian
• ice: abundant
• larger sizes
• cores
• capture
 Thick atmosphere
http://cseligman.com/text/planets/jovianstructure.htm
Jovian planets
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/gas_sizes.jpg
Thank you very much for listening!
We hope you enjoyed our
presentation!
From:
Latinne Isabelle L. Bandaay
And
Maria Pilar Fernandez-Cuervo