•While viewing Jupiter, he discovered four satellites orbiting around the planet

Jupiter was the chief of the gods for the Romans, the way Zeus was for the Greeks

Fifth Planet from the Sun; largest Planet in the Solar System

The Italian scientist, Galileo was the first astronomer to view Jupiter through a telescope

In May 2002, astronomers announced an additional 11 moons for Planet Jupiter

I’m originally 100 lbs on

Earth, but now I’m 250!

It takes Jupiter 9 hours, 55

minutes to orbit around it’s own

axis.

Rotation around Sun:

12 YEARS

Distance from Sun: 483 1/2 million miles

Distance from Earth:

390,682,810 miles

Diameter: 142,800 km (Earth's diameter is 12,800 km)

Mass: 1.8986×1027 kg (317.8 Earths)

Surface area: 6.14×1010 km2 (120.5 times the surface area of

Earth)

The mass of Jupiter is 2.5 times larger than

all of the planet’s masses combined.

On the cloud tops of

Jupiter, the temperature

is about -145 degrees C.At the

center, it is 35,700

degrees C.

At night, the cloud

tops are below -150

degrees C.

Since Jupiter is a gas giant, it is fairly difficult to quantify the exact temps.

•Since Jupiter is a gas planet, there is no solid surface.

•If one stepped onto the planet, he would sink into it and eventually

get crushed by the massive increase in pressure

Jupiter's composition is nearly an exact copy of the Sun. There is about 82 %

hydrogen, 18 % helium and traces of nearly all other

elements.

•The atmosphere appears as alternating bands of light regions,

called zones, and dark regions called belts, that run parallel to the equator.

•The zones are higher in altitude than the belts, and are correspondingly

lower in temperature.

• The zones are higher in altitude than the belts, and are

correspondingly lower in temperature.

•Jupiter has 63 confirmed moons

•The most massive of them, the four Galilean Moons, were discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and were the first objects found to orbit a body that

was neither Earth nor the Sun

•They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and derive their

names from the lovers of Zeus: Io, Europa , Ganymede and Callisto

MOOOONS!!

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1105/ioprometheus_galileo_1000.jpg

Jupiter has no solid rock surface. One theory pictures a gradual transition

from the outer ammonia clouds to

a thick layer of frozen gases and

finally to a liquid or solid hydrogen

mantle. Beneath that Jupiter probably has a core of rocky

material with a mass 10–15 times that of

the earth

Outer Ammonia CloudsLayer of Frozen Gases

Liquid or Solid Hydrogen

MantleRocky Material Core

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1105/redspot_voyager1_3072.jpg

•clouds associated with the Spot appear to be about 8 km above neighboring cloud tops

• The Great Red Spot is a great anti-cyclonic (high pressure) storm like a hurricane on Earth

• the rotation is counterclockwise

• color is actually pink to orange

• three Earths would fit in it with room to spare.

You wouldn’t be able to walk on Jupiter, since there is no solid surface.

You’d fall right through the

ammonia clouds, and dive towards

the center.

You would eventually

explode under all of the immense

pressure

There is a possibility of producing a

space station that could orbit

around Jupiter, since

Jupiter’s magnetic field could give the space station

enough energy.

Life on Jupiter would look very cloudy because of all the gases that are on the

planet.

The gases are which make up the atmosphere.

The weather would have many storms. But in the

night you will see the light from Jupiter's many

moons.

•Jupiter was discovered by the Italian scientist, Galileo which was the first astronomer to view Jupiter through a telescope .

•Jupiter is a gas planet that has a very stormy atmosphere.

•Jupiter has no solid rock surface. Jupiter has no solid rock surface. •Beneath that Jupiter probably has a core of rocky material with a mass 10–15 times

that of the earth.

• If you could go to Jupiter you’d fall right through the ammonia clouds, and dive towards the center.

•You would eventually explode under all of the immense pressure.

•Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field.