JUPITER

Location: Fifth planet from the sun

Distance from sun: 778,500,000kmType: Gas giant

Orbital Radius: 5.20AU

Rotational Period: 0.41 days

Introduction

Orbital Period: 11.86 years

Eccentricity: 0.048

Moons: 67

Density: 1.33g/cm3

Diameter: 139,822km or about 11 Earths

Mass: 1.89813 x 1027 kilograms

Introduction Continued…

If Jupiter was the same distance as the moon

Similarities to other planets:

• Like Saturn, Jupiter has rings but are more faint, both gas, similar temperatures, and similar amount of moons

• Gas giant like Neptune

Introduction Continued …

The History of JupiterBy: Emily Fulkerson

Discovery Since Jupiter is one of the planets that can be seen from Earth or with the naked eye it is not know who discovered Jupiter or exactly when it was discovered

Jupiter was seen and named by the ancient people, simply by star gazing, because of Jupiter's enormous size and brightness it is easily spotted in the night sky

The Babylonians were one of the first people to chart Jupiter and could predict its movements for over 70 years

Galileo was the first to see Jupiter through a telescope in the year 1610 and was the first to discover Jupiter’s four largest moons

Naming of Jupiter Many of the Ancients and different races had their own names for Jupiter:• the ancients called it Jupiter after the King of Roman god’s, and the God of the sky and thunder • in other mythology's the equivalent for Jupiter is the Greek

god Zeus, and the Norse god Thor

• the Babylonians called it Nibiru-Marduc and Udaltar

• The Chinese called it Mu Xing

Where Jupiter can be Found when you look into the sky at night you can see a range of celestial objects ranging from stars to planets:• Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun in our galaxy, • it is the second brightest planet you can see at night (the first being Venus)• In the night sky Jupiter can be found in the east, in the background of the constellation Gemini, between Taurus (to the west) and Cancer (to the east).

Jupiter in the night sky- dusk, January 13th-15th

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A Look at Jupiter by Ray Spangerburg and kit Moser

When the universe was created material started to collapse onto itself, bound by gravity they crated larger particles. The wind pushed lighter elements such as Helium and Hydrogen away from the sun, and the inner regions, and left the heavier materials to create terrestrial planets. The further regions from the sun were not as heavily effected by this wind, allowing gas giants to form; as well as asteroids, comets, and moons.

Theories On Formation

• Jupiter is comprised of two main materials about 90% Hydrogen and 10% Helium

• Traces of other elements can be found in Jupiter’s atmosphere but Helium and Hydrogen make up the majority of it’s mass

• Jupiter had to form its core quickly to capture the elements gravitationally before they were swept away by the wind

• The periodic collisions raised the temperature on Jupiter forcing the more dense materials to sink to the center forming the core

Formation Continued…

The atmosphere of Jupiter is 90% hydrogen. The remaining 10% is almost completely made up of helium although there is are small traces of other gases inside as well.

Since there is no solid ground, the surface of Jupiter is where the atmospheric pressure is equal to that of Earth. At that point, the gravitational pull is almost two and a half times stronger than Earth's.

 

Jupiter's core is a challenge to find, but scientists have theorized that its core is most likely a dense hot ball of molten liquid or a solid rock surrounded by metallic hydrogen.

The temperature of its core is a assumed to be 35,000 degrees Celsius. Whatever its core is made of, there are speculations that the gas giant's core may be melting.

Structure

Great Red Spot

Beneath the surface, the liquid and plasma hydrogen generate more heat than the sun.

A third of the way into the

planet, the hydrogen in

the atmosphere becomes

metallic, allowing it the

conduct electricity. The

planet rotates so fast (at

only about 10 hours for

every rotation) that the

rapid spinning causes the

electrical currents to create

a magnetic field. It's

magnetic field is 20,000 times

more powerful than Earths.

Heat

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