Jupiter
by
Erin
Jupiter is the largest planet
It is the fifth planet from the sun
physical appearance
Jupiter’s moons
The names of a few of
Jupiter’s moons are Thebe,
Metis, Amalthea and Europa.
Thebe. The crater on Thebe is 40km or 25 miles and has been given
the provisional name Zethus
Amalthea. The large white region near the bottom of Amalthea that
marks the location of the brightest patch of surface material seen
anywhere on any of the moons and it sits upon a crater named Gaea
Europa. Some people are interested in Europa because the
cracked surface of Europa is made of ice. People think there
might be large seas under the ice.
Jupiter is named after Zeus because it is
the largest planet and Zeus is the largest
God
Jupiter was found
in 1610. Galileo
Galilee found
Jupiter through a
telescope
On Jupiter a sight
you can’t miss is
what we call the
GRS, the Great
Red Spot
Jupiter is made
of Gas, rocks
and hydrogen
The length of a
Jupiter day is
0.41 of a Earth
day or 9.8 Earth
hours
The length of
a Jupiter Year
is 11.86 Earth
years
The weight
of a 100
pound person
on Jupiter
would be 234
pounds
A person Would not want to
go to Jupiter because you
cannot breathe on Jupiter
Facts
Jupiter is the largest planet
Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun
Jupiter has a GRS, a Great Red Spot
Jupiter has a faint, small ring system
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
The GRS is a spot on Jupiter that is very red. It
can be from negative 260 degrees to 234
degrees.It is like a storm it has been like that
for about 300 years.
Credits
http://nineplanets.org/
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm
http://www.symbolworld.org/planets/index.htm
And a special thanks to M’kayla for helping me