JupiterAshley Myers

Jupiter’s Symbol

Jupiter’s name

• Jupiter got its name from the Romans king

• it was the largest object in the sky and because of that the most powerful.

Discovery

• Who= Galileo

• When= 1610

• How = With him first telescope

Distance

• Order from the sun: 5th one

• Distance from the sun in km: 778,500,000 km

• Distance from the earth in km:

Closet to earth: 628,743,036

Farthest from earth: 928,081,020

• Closet:628,743,036

• Farthest: 928,081,020

Planet Measurement

• Mass: 1.8987x10 27 kg

• Volume: 1,431,281,810,739,360 km 3

• Density: 1.33g 1cm 3

• Would your Planet float or sink in water? It would sink because its density is more than 1

• Gravity: 24.7 m/s 2

Orbit and Rotation

• Is takes 11,68 years and 4.332 days to orbit the sun.

• It take every 9.9 hours to rotate on its own axis.

Atmosphere

• Jupiter has a thick Atmosphere made of hydrogen and helium. It’s atmosphere is it’s great red spot

Temperature

• Ranges from about -190°F or -128°C for visible surface to 9°F ( -13°C) at lower could level some regions reach 40°F.

• Jupiter is a lot colder then earth and Florida.

Composition/ Appearance

• Jupiter is a gas giant

• Jupiter's internal composition liquid hydrogen, metal elements

• Jupiter is covered in thick red, brown ,yellow and white clouds. Jupiter atmosphere is red and is a big planet.

Weather

• The weather is large. Storms that grow to cover thousands of km within hours. Winds whipping the clouds at 360 Kph and storms that last for hundreds of years.

Rings

• There are 3 rings of Jupiter.

• Halo ring- faint and wide

• Main ring- thin

• Gossamer ring- faint and wide

Moons

• There are 63 moons

• They were discovered from 1610-2011

Forms of Water

• Yes, there are small amounts of water but “not on Jupiter”

• It is in the form of water vapor in the cloud tops.

What If?

• You would be cursed by the gravity

• Poisoned by the atmosphere

• The surface would absorb you

Something Special

• The great red dot has been around for almost 350 years.

• A century ago the great Red Spot measured 40,00 Km across, but it’s shrinking

• It is currently half the size.

• Astronomers have no idea if and when it’ll ever disappear entry.