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Jupiter
By Linsy Wang
Symbol
• Looks like a 4
• Represents thunder bolt,
an eagle, and the letter Zeta (Greek)
• Zeta is the Greek letter z, for Zeus
Jupiter’s name
• Jupiter is Greek for Zeus
• King of gods
• Ruler of Olympus
• The patron of the Roman state
Discovery
Galileo discovered Jupiter in
1610. He used his rudimentary
telescope that he invented, and
saw Jupiter’s 4 largest moons
orbiting the planet. He
discovered that not everything orbits around the earth.
Distances
• Fifth planet from the sun
• Average distance from sun(km):
778,330,000 km
• Distances from earth(km):
varies from
628,743,036 km to 928,081,020 km
Planet Measurements
Mass:
1.90x10 kg
Volume:
1,431,281,810,739,360 km³
Density:
1.33 g/cm³
Gravity:
24.79 m/s²
Will Jupiter sink or float in water?
It will sink because it has more density than water.
Water’s density:
1,000.00 kg/m³
Jupiter’s density
1.33 g/cm³
Orbit and rotation
How long does Jupiter take to orbit around the Sun
once?
About 12 earth years
How long does Jupiter take to
rotate on its own axis?
About 10 earth hours
Atmosphere
Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90% hydrogen and
10% helium. Other chemical compounds are found
in small amounts of other substances
Temperature
Jupiter’s temperature range:
-128°C (-190°F)
Earth’s temperature range:
-129°F
to
159°F
Average temperature in Florida:
21.1°C (70°F)
to
-13°C (9°F)
Composition/appearance
• Jupiter is a gas giant. It is mostly made of gas
and liquid, and doesn't have a solid surface
• It is about 90% hydrogen
and 10% helium
Weather
• Jupiter has lots of storms
• There are layers of clouds above Jupiter’s
atmosphere
• The Great Red Spot is a storm on Jupiter that
lasted for hundreds of years
Rings
• Known as the Rings of
Jupiter or the Jovian Ring system
• Made of rock fragments
• Discovered by Voyager 1
• There are three rings:
the Main ring, the Halo ring and the Gossamer ring
Moons
• Jupiter has at least 63 moons
• The four largest moons (Io, Europa,
Ganymede, and Callisto) were discovered by
Galileo in 1610. They are known as the
Galilean moons.
Water
• There is a small amount of water on Jupiter,
but they are in Jupiter’s clouds
• There are of water and/or ice on some of
Jupiter’s moons
If humans traveled to Jupiter
• Humans would choke because there is no
Oxygen
• They would freeze to death because Jupiter is
very cold
Interesting facts
• The Great Red Spot is a
storm that has been lasting for hundreds of
years. It’s even bigger than earth.
• If the sun was as tall as a door, Jupiter would
be a basketball and earth would be a nickel
• Jupiter is the size of a small star