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Jupiters Facts
Mythology – Roman god Jupiter 5th planet from the sun Largest planet in our solar system Gas Giant Oblate Spheriod shape – Bulge in the
middle! Has at least 63 moons!
Jupiters Facts
Mythology – Roman god Jupiter 5th planet from the sun Largest planet in our solar system Gas Giant Oblate Spheriod shape – Bulge in the
middle! Has at least 63 moons!
Jupiter’s Statistics Orbital Period – 4331. 5 days Size = 121 Earths Gravity – 24 m/s Surface Temp – 165 K (more than 200 C
below 0)
Jupiter’s Atmosphere Atmospheric Data comes from Galileo
Probe that crashed into the atmosphere of Jupiter
Atmosphere divided into distinct bands
Layers of Jupiter Draw and Label the diagram of Jupiter on your notes Mostly Hydrogen (88 percent) and helium (12 %)
Jupiter’s Red Spot Longest Lasting Storm in history
(Discovered in the 1600) Rotates counterclockwise every 6 days Slowly fading
Jupiter’s ring system Jupiters rings are very difficult to see. Jupiter's rings were first found by the
Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979 Three main sections comprise Jupiter's
ring system. Halo ring -The innermost, cloud-like Main Ring -is quite narrow and thin. Gossamer Ring-wispy, nearly transparent
BASIC FACTS = discovered by Galileo in 1610
He spotted the four large moons and realized that they were orbiting Jupiter, Not EARTH!!!
Io http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXeIll
6YYQs Has a large iron Core (may be molten) SO2 Atmosphere (Thin) Closest to jupiter 4th largest moon Most volcanically active body in the solar
sustem 400 active volcanoes blue./white spots are volcanoes erupting
Europa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEtf5lh3SEw
Europa is an Icy satellite
Below Europa’s frozen exterior of ice, there is liquid water
Vast sea could hold microorganisms
Heat generated by planet flexing, keeps water liquid
Water? Life?
Ganymede Largest Moon in
the solar system Has a
magnetosphere http://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=64oBWEsMq2Y
Sounds http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPEwGJy6PI
Callisto 2nd largest moon
of jupiter Tidally locked Thin CO2
Atmospere Subsurface ocean Could be a
“human” base for research
Saturn’s Facts
Mythology – names after roman god Saturnus (Saturday!).
6th planet from the sun 2nd largest planet in the solar system Gas Giant Oblate Spheriod Less dense then water!
Atmosphere 93.2 % molecular hydrogen, 6.7 %helium Faint atmosphere bands (lighter than
jupiter) Cloud patterns observed by voyager
(hexagonal)
Saturn’s Great White spotGiant storm hat happens every 30 years
(once a saturian year)Will be another one in 2020
Surface Has a planetary magnetic field, strength
in between earth and jupiter Wind speeds of 1800 km/h
Layers of Saturn Draw and Label the diagram of on your
notes Small core of rock and ice surrounded by a
thick layer of metallic hydrogen and a gaseous outer layer
Saturns’s ring system
First discovered by Galileo in 1610 Rings consist mostly of ice with small
amounts of debris and dust Theories:
Roche - Rings were once a moon of saturn that was ripped apart by tidal forces
Secondary – Rings are left over from original nebular material from which saturn formed
Saturns’s ring system - FEATURES Features:
Cassini division Enckle Gap Possess own atmosphere of molecular O2
different from saturn
Titan
Images of Io Image
Titan Only moon in the solar system to have
its own atmosphere atmosphere is impenetrable to visible
waves 2nd largest moon in the solar system Resembles early earth
Atmosphere of nitrogen and methane
Surface – False Color Cassini
Missions Cassini
Arrived: 2004 Studies: saturn orbit insertion, flyby of
titan. lightning Huygen Insertion – Huygens descended
onto the surface of Titan on January 14, 2005,
Uranus’s Facts
Mythology – Named after the greek god of the sky
7th planet from the sun 3nd largest planet in the solar system Ice Giant Tilted sideways (north and south lay
where other planets have their equators)
Uranus’s Statistics Orbital Period – 84 years Rotational Period = 17 hours 14 minutes Tilt – Rolling ball (not top) Low internal heat
Atmosphere Coldest Atomosphere in the solar system Belt -Zone Circulation
Belt – Dark colored band Zone – Light colored band Belts and zones flow in opposite directions Storms
occur in between belts Heat produced in the center feeds the storms
Moons 27 moons Named from the works of Shakespeare
and Alexander Pope Largest moon –Titania (less than half the
size of the moon) Visited by Voyager 2
Roche limit If moons are to
close: The gravity of
planet will break them up (maybe becoming rings)
If moons are too far away: They will not be
held in orbit
Roche Limit (Notes) Distance within 2.5 radii of the center of
a planet Moons cannot form/moons are torn apart RINGS ARE FOUND INSIDE THE ROCHE
LIMIT MOONS ARE FOUND OUTSIDE THE
ROCHE LIMIT
Missions to the outer solar system
Pioneer 10 and 11 Voyager 1 and 2 Galileo (Jupiter) Cassini (Saturn)
Neptune Facts
Mythology – Named after the roman god of the sea
8th planet from the sun 17 times the mass of the earth Ice Giant
Neptune Statistics Orbital Period – 164 years Rotational period – 16.11 hours
Neptune’s Great Dark Spot Strongest sustained winds win the solar
system 2100 km per hour
Neptune’s ring system - FEATURES Made out of rock particles Very fragmented Very Faint