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Jupiter
By: Maddie Hunt
Jupiter’s Name
Roman’s King of the Gods was Jupiter (in Greek –
Zeus)
Jupiter was the largest object in the sky
Thought of as the most powerful object in the sky
Therefore, named Jupiter
http://history.howstuffworks.com/ancient-rome/jupiter.htm
Discovery of Jupiter
You can see Jupiter with the naked eye and it was
known as the largest object in the sky
Ancient Astronomers knew that Jupiter was a planet
This was confirmed when Galileo pointed the first
telescope at Jupiter in 1610 and saw 4 moons orbiting
it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
Jupiter’s Measurements
27
Mass: 1.8981x10
15
Volume: 1.43128x10
3
Density: 1.326 g/cm
Gravity: 24.79 m/s2
Order from the Sun:
5th
http://prismreptilerobot.net/archives/2
24/saturn-and-jupiter/
Distance from the Sun: 741,000,000 km
Distance from the Earth: 588,000,000 km
Orbit and Rotation
How long it takes to orbit on its own axis: 9.9 hours
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancie
nts/02files/Jupiter_Images_01.html
How long it takes to orbit the Sun (one year): 11.86
Earth years (4,332 Earth days)
Composition of the
Atmosphere
88-92% Hydrogen
8-12% Helium
1% other gases
Very thick atmosphere
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/jupi
r.html
Weather
Temperature range: 145ºC to 21ºC (-229ºF to 69.8ºF)
Can be much colder than the Earth, but the high is
pretty normal
Can be storms that cover 1,000s of kms with winds at
360 kph
Storms can last for 100’s of years
The Big Red Spot (see slide 13)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970310.html
Composition and
Appearance
Internal Composition: mostly Hydrogen molecules in
liquid form
Core in heavier with heavier metal elements
Jupiter looks like a large sphere with an orangey hue. It
had light and dark stripes horizontally. There are some
darker spots and lighter features too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
Gas giant
Jupiter has faint, dark, narrow rings
Made out of tiny rock fragments and dust
Discovered my NASA’s Voyager 1 in 1980
4 sets of rings: Halo Ring, Main Ring, Amalthea
Gossamer Ring, Thebe Gossamer Ring
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Jupiter
Rings
quoteko.com
Moons
63 Moons
46 of them are less than 3 km wide
They were all discovered between 1610-2004
Four Biggest moons are called the Galilean moons
because he discovered them
Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto
These are about the same size as Earths moon
Water on Jupiter?
Yes, there all small amounts of water on Jupiter
They aren’t exactly “on” Jupiter
In the form of water vapor in the cloud tops
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/20th
_far_galileo.html
What Would Happen to a
Human on Jupiter?
A human would be:
Crushed by Jupiter’s gravity
Poisoned by the atmosphere
The surface would absorb you
Moral of the story – Don’t travel to Jupiter
http://pacificklaus.
com/baumgartneron-jupiter/
The Big Red Spot
It is just one HUGE storm
22º South of the equator
Larger than Earth
It rotates counter clockwise
Can shrink and grow
Has traveled around the planet many times
Discovered in 1600 by Giovanni Casinni
Been on Jupiter for at least 400 years
No one is sure when it will end
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/jupiter.html
More Fun Facts about
Jupiter
Jupiter can never become a star
It is the largest planet in the solar system
It is the fastest spinning planet in the solar system
The magnetic field is 14x stronger than Earth’s
It has been visited 7 times by spacecraft's
You can see it with the naked eye
http://nineplanets.org/
Bibliography
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<http://www.universetoday.com/40462/whodiscovered-jupiter/>.
• Redd, Taylor. "How Far Away Is Jupiter?" Space.com.
N.p., 7 Nov. 2012. Web. 14 Dec. 2013.
<http://www.space.com/18383-how-far-away-isjupiter.html>.
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