Jupiter Cody and Brett. Introduction Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. If it were a hollow...

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Jupiter Cody and Brett

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Page 1: Jupiter Cody and Brett. Introduction Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. If it were a hollow planet, over one thousand Earths could fit inside.

JupiterCody and Brett

Page 2: Jupiter Cody and Brett. Introduction Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. If it were a hollow planet, over one thousand Earths could fit inside.
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Introduction

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.

If it were a hollow planet, over one thousand Earths could fit inside.

It is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets combined ( 1.9 x 10^27 kg)

142,800 km diameter.

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FactsJupiter has very faint rings, and is totally invisible from

Earth. The Voyager 1 discovered it in 1979,

Has a very deep atmosphere, composed of mainly Hydrogen and Helium

Atmospheric clouds and storms, which look like colorful latitudinal bands, illustrate the dynamic weather. The weather can change in hours, or days.

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Jupiter’s Rings In-Depth Much smaller and harder to see than Saturn’s (invisible to the naked eye)

Consists mostly of rocky material

They appear to have no ice, unlike Saturn

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Other Characteristics Its core’s temperature is around 20,000 K

Its magnetosphere is much stronger than Earth’s

It extends over 650 million km (that breaches the orbit of Saturn)

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The Red Spot

The red spot is a complex storm that moves in a counter-clockwise direction.

Astronomers believe that the spot is red because it pulls up darker compounds from the planet.

A century ago it measured at about 40,000 km, but today has shrunk to about half that size.

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The Red Spot It has been observed for over 300 years

Its discovery is generally attributed to Robert Hooke in the 17th century

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MoonsJupiter has 62 known moons.

The four largest are Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, and Io.

They are named after Galileo who first discovered them around 1610.

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Moons Jupiter is slowing down due to the gravitational pull by its moons

That same gravitational force is pushing the moons away from Jupiter

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Life on Europa? Probably not

But, Europa is covered by frozen water and has a surface temperature of -260ºF

It is possible there is liquid water beneath the surface, being heated from the core

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Summary Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun

If it were a hollow planet, over one thousand Earths could fit inside.

Jupiter has 62 known moons.

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Video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6AIt36-whc

They are not laughing at Jupiter, they are overjoyed at their discovery

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"Jupiter’s Great Red Spot." Universe Today. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <http://www.universetoday.com/15163/jupiters-great-red-spot/>.

"Jupiter L Jupiter Facts, Pictures and Information." The Nine Planets Solar System Tour. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. <http://nineplanets.org/jupiter.html>.

"Life on Europa?" The Why Files | The Science Behind the News. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. <http://whyfiles.org/060moons/europa.html>.