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Jupiter
Astronomy 311Professor Lee
CarknerLecture 17
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Jupiter -- King of the Gods
Jupiter is also “King of the Planets” due to its size
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Viewing Jupiter from Earth
Is very bright from Earth In opposition every 13 months
Can clearly see cloud patterns, Great Red Spot and 4 largest moons even with small telescope
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Jupiter Facts
Size: Orbit: 5.2 AU Description: large, gaseous, many
large satellites
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Viewing Jupiter from Space
Currently observed by Hubble Space Telescope
The Galileo spacecraft ended its mission in 2003
Dropped a probe through the atmosphere
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Galileo’s Atmosphere Probe
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Galileo Atmosphere Probe
Launched from the Galileo spacecraft on Dec 7, 1995
Lasted for 1 hour and got down to 130 km below the tops of the clouds before the high temperature and pressure killed the electronics
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Shoemaker-Levy 9
Passed too close to Jupiter and was
torn apart by tidal forces
Each piece created a huge fireball Spectra of impacts reveals composition
of deeper layers of atmosphere
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Convection
Produced by convection Hot material rises and cooler material sinks
Jupiter has the most prominent clouds and belts of any planet Because it has the most internal energy
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Belts in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
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Jupiter’s Rotation
Jupiter has a rotation period of about 10 hours
This rapid rotation shapes the belts and zones into oppositely circulating bands
equator rotates faster than the poles
this is because Jupiter is not a solid body
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Structure of Jupiter’s Atmosphere Infrared, radio and Galileo probe observations reveal 3
cloud layers Ammonium hydrosulfide (NH4SH)
The color of the layers depends on depth Brown -- White -- middle layer Red --
Not all layers are found in all regions Galileo found no water
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Cloud Formation
Will only happen at a specific combination of temperature and pressure
Clouds only form in one spot in the atmosphere Above and below, compound is all liquid or all
gas
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Structure of Jupiter’s Atmosphere
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Spots and Ovals
They are rapidly rotating cloud features (storms) Some are very long lived
Some spots are white or brown
Brown ovals may be holes to the deeper, hotter, inner atmosphere
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Interlude Gravity
Every object in the solar system pulls on every other due to gravity
This can cause perturbations in orbits
We can use a modified version of this equation which shows the relative force a planet exerts: F=M/D2
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Jupiter’s Interior
Small core of rock and ice (about the size of the Earth)
Liquid metallic hydrogen outer core (40-50,000 km thick)
Hydrogen gas layer 10-20,000 km thick
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The Interior of Jupiter
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Rings
Jupiter’s rings were discovered by Voyager
May be formed from material chipped off of 4 small inner moons by impacts
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Diagram of Jupiter’s Rings and Inner Moons
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Jupiter’s Moons
Jupiter has a planetary system of its own
Jupiter has 4 of the 7 large moons of the solar system
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Jupiter’s Magnetosphere
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Jupiter’s Magnetosphere
The magnetic field forms a magnetosphere about 200 times larger than Jupiter itself
Also contains: a hot, thin, rapidly changing plasma
rapidly moving changed particles
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Next Time
Chapter 12.1-12.4
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Summary
Jupiter is the largest planet Its strong gravity influence the
motions of the rest of the solar system
Rotates rapidly and differentially Explored by Voyager, HST, Galileo,
and a comet impact
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Summary: Atmosphere Explored by telescopes, Galileo probe and comet
impact Clouds are composed of ammonia, water and
sulfur compounds Clouds form bands of material moving in opposite
directions Spots and ovals are storms which can occur at
different altitudes and can be long lived Heat from Jupiter’s interior and rotation drives
motions
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Summary: Jupiter From the Outside In
Satellites: out to ~24 million km Magnetosphere: out to ~15 million
km Rings: out to ~200,000 km Atmosphere: out to ~70,000 km Liquid metallic hydrogen: out to
~50,000 km Rock/Ice core: out to ~20,000 km