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Jupiter Julianna Sutow
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Jupiter. Julianna Sutow. Jupiter’s symbol. Name. Jupiter was named after the King of the Roman God. It was the largest and most powerful object in the sky. D iscovery. Who- Galileo When- 1610 How- He turned his first telescope on Jupiter. Distances. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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JupiterJulianna Sutow
Jupiter’s symbol
Name
• Jupiter was named after the King of the Roman God.
• It was the largest and most powerful object in the sky
Discovery
• Who- Galileo• When- 1610• How- He turned his first telescope on
Jupiter
Distances• Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun• Distance from the sun is 778,500,00
km • Distance from the earth
• Closest- 628,743,036• Farthest- 928,081,020
Planet Measurements
• Mass- 1.898x1027 kg• Volume- 1,431,281,810,739,360 km3
• Density- 1.33 g/cm3
• Jupiter would sink because its density is more than 1
• Gravity- 24.79 m/s2
Orbit and Rotation• It takes 11.86 years and 4,332 days to
orbit the sun• It takes every 9.9 hours to rotate on its
axis
Atmosphere
• Jupiter has a thick atmosphere made of helium and hydrogen. Its atmosphere is a great red spot
Temperature• It ranges from about – 190°F or -128°C
for a visible surface to 9°F at lower cloud level some regions reach 40°F.
• Jupiter is a lot colder than Earth and Florida
Composition/ Appearance
• Jupiter is a gas giant• Jupiter’s internal composition is liquid
hydrogen, metal elements• Jupiter is covered with thick red brown,
yellow and white clouds. The atmosphere is red and is large
Weather• The weather is large. Storms that grow
to cover thousands of km within hours. Wind whipping the clouds at 360 kph and storms that last for hundreds of years
Rings• Discovered by NASH’s voyager 1 in
1980. They do not reflect a lot of sunlight they receive. There are 3 rings of Jupiter.• Halo ring- faint wide ring• Main ring- thin ring• Gossamer ring- faint wide ring
Moons• There are 63 moons- they were
discovered from 1610-2011 there are 67 including the 4 large moons known as the Galilean satellites
Water• Yes, there is water, small amounts. It is
in the form of water vapor in the cloud tops
What would happen to a human on
Jupiter? • You would be crushed my Jupiter’s
gravity, poisoned by the atmosphere and the surface would absorb you
Interesting Fact• Jupiter only takes 10 hours to complete
to a full rotation on its axis. The planet has flattened out because it spins so fast
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