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The solar system
THE OUTER PLANETS
Topic # 2
Term #2
The Local System
Our journey continues…
A tour of the outer planets…
• We now turn our attention
to the planets that are
beyond Mars.
• We are now entering the
Outer Solar system.
• Before we can get to the
first of the outer planets,
we must look at what is
found between…
The waist line of the solar system…
Looking at the Asteroid Belt…
• Between Mars and the
outer planets, there exists
a belt of small rocky
objects.
• This area is known as the
Asteroid Belt.
• Asteroids are small rocky
objects that orbit the sun.
• We will come back to this
topic later…
Jupiter…
The king of the planets, a monster or a failed star
• The 5th planet from the
sun. It is the largest planet
in the solar system.
• A day on Jupiter is 9 h, 54
min. long
• One year on Jupiter is 11
years, 313 days.
• It takes sun light 43.3
minutes to reach the
planet.
Jupiter…
A look at the planet’s features…
• Jupiter’s atmosphere is
mostly made of H and He.
• The outer part of the
atmosphere is made of
layered clouds of water,
methane, and ammonia.
• The colors of the clouds
are due to organics in the
gases.
• Pressure on Jupiter are so
great that it changes H gas
into a liquid metallic state!
Jupiter…
A look at the planet’s features…
• Unlike most planets,
Jupiter give off more
energy than it receives
from the sun.
• Could Jupiter of been a
failed star?
• It is made of the same
material as a star but, it
needs to be at least 8 times
larger and much more
matter is needed to begin
the process of star
formation.
Jupiter…
A look at the planet’s features…
• Jupiter is big, how big?
• 1000 Earths could fit
inside of it!
• On Jupiter the is The
Great Red Spot, it is a
continuous storm that is
twice the size of Earth!
• This Great Red Spot can
be seen easily with a good
telescope!
Jupiter…
A look at the planet’s rings and moons…
• Jupiter has a very thin ring
system that is just a few
miles thick.
• They are about 5000 miles
wide and are made of
debris from left over moon
collisions.
• Jupiter’s gravity captured
the material in its orbit.
• Jupiter has 63 know
satellites, 3 of the most
popular being, Io, Europa
and Callisto