Jupiter

JUPITER
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and is the largest one in the solar system. If Jupiter were hollow, more than one thousand earths could fit inside. It also contains more matter than all of the planets combined. It is 142,800 kilometers (88,736 miles) across the equator. Jupiter possesses 28 known satellites, four of which- Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and //Io - were observed by Galileo as long ago as 1610.

1.Earth is surrounded by an atmosphere, continually in motion, about 800 km (500 miles) deep which protects it from harmful solar radiation and supports all living things. The atmosphere is made up of different layers with different qualities. It has 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.03 carbon dioxide and 0.04% of other gases. 2.Jupiters interior: The upper gaseous layers (yellow) transition to liquid hydrogen (aqua) above a thick layer of metallic hydrogen (gray). The center (brown) conducts electricity much like metals, and is responsible for Jupiters strong magnetic field. A hot ball of liquid and gas. Jupiter is made of mainly hydrogen and helium. 3. Sidereal Rotation: The time for a body to complete one rotation on its axis. Sidereal Revolution: The time it takes to make one complete revolution. 4. There are 62 total moons on Jupiter but, the four largest moons of Jupiter are called the Galilean satellites, after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who observed them in 1610. 5. Jupiter 108 × 1.43 m 10 x (closer to 11) 6. The Romans named Jupiter after the supreme god in their religion. 7. The symbol for Jupiter looks like a fancy number 4. It is a stylized version of a lightning bolt.

1. Io 2. Europa 3. Ganymede 4. Callisto 5. Amalthea 6. Himalia 7. Elara 8. Pasiphae 9. Sinope 10. Lysithea 11. Carme 12. Ananke 13. Leda 14. Thebe 15. Adrastea 16. Metis 17. Callirrhoe 18. Themisto 19. Megaclite 20. Taygete 21. Chaldene 22. Harpalyke 23. Kalyke 24. Iocaste 25. Erinome 26. Isonoe 27. Praxidike 28. Autonoe 29. Thyone 30. Hermippe 31. Aitne 32. Eurydome 33. Euanthe 34. Euporie 35. Orthosie 36. Sponde 37. Kale 38. Pasithee 39. Hegemone 40. Mneme 41. Aoede 42. Thelxinoe 43. Arche 44. Kallichore 45. Helike 46. Carpo 47. Eukelade 48. Cyllene 49. Kore 50. S/2003 J2 51. S/2003 J3 52. S/2003 J4 53. S/2003 J5 54. S/2003 J9 55. S/2003 J10 56. S/2003 J12 57. S/2003 J15 58. S/2003 J16 59. S/2003 J17 60. S/2003 J18 61. S/2003 J19 62. S/2003 J23

5. 108 × 1.43 m 10 x (closer to 11) 6. The Romans named Jupiter after the supreme god in there religion. Many of the planets moons have been named after Jupiter's daughters. 7. The symbol for Jupiter looks like a fancy number 4. It is a version of a lightning bolt. It is also the alchemical symbol for tin. 8. >Jupiter has a liquid metal ocean (metallic hydrogen)// > //Jupiter's famous Red Spot is in fact a storm the size of Earth// > //Jupiter has a thin set of rings, hardly visible, even with telescopes, from Earth.// > //Jupiter is the vacuum cleaner of the Solar System. It sucks in comets, asteroids and meteorites which could be on a collision course for Earth.// > //Jupiter takes only 9 hours and 55 minutes to spin on its axis. This means a day on Jupiter is less than 10 hours long.// > //Jupiter is the planet with the strongest pull of gravity in the Solar System.// > //If we were able to stand on the surface of Jupiter, we would weigh three times as much as we would weigh on Earth.// > //The only other object in the Solar System with a stronger pull of gravity is the Sun.// > //The mass of Jupiter is 318 greater than the mass of Earth.// > //Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, is the biggest moon in the Solar System.// > //If we were able to see Jupiter's radiation belt from Earth, Jupiter would appear as big as the Sun.// > //Jupiter's gravity is used to catapult space-craft on deep space missions further away.// > //Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest.// > //Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky.// > //The spacecraft Galileo is currently in orbit around Jupiter and will be sending back data for at least the next two years.//