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JUPITER
By
Moses Rey
Miguel Martinez
Cade Bearden
Earth & Space- 2nd
ABOUT JUPITER
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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the
largest planet in the solar system. It is a giant
planet with a mass one-thousandth of that of
the Sun, but is two and a half times that of all
the other planets in the Solar System
combined.
Jupiter is a gas giant, along with Saturn (Uranus
and Neptune are ice giants). Jupiter was known
to astronomers of ancient times. The Romans
named it after their god Jupiter.
 Like Zeus, the Greek god with whom he is
etymologically identical (root diu, “bright”),
Jupiter was a sky god.
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When viewed from Earth, Jupiter can reach an
apparent magnitude of −2.94, bright enough to
cast shadows, and making it on average the
third-brightest object in the night sky after the
Moon and Venus. (Mars can briefly match
Jupiter's brightness at certain points in its
orbit.)
WHAT ITS MADE OF.
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Jupiter is primarily composed of hydrogen with
a quarter of its mass being helium, although
helium only comprises about a tenth of the
number of molecules. It may also have a rocky
core of heavier elements, but like the other
giant planets, Jupiter lacks a well-defined solid
surface. Because of its rapid rotation, the
planet's shape is that of an oblate spheroid (it
has a slight but noticeable bulge around the
equator).
OUTER LAYER
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The outer atmosphere is visibly segregated into
several bands at different latitudes, resulting in
turbulence and storms along their interacting
boundaries. A prominent result is the Great Red
Spot, a giant storm that is known to have
existed since at least the 17th century when it
was first seen by telescope.
THE RED SPOT
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=499R500kHOs
THE MANY MOONS
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Jupiter has at least 63 known moons. The
largest four are called Io, Europa, Ganymede,
and Callisto. These four moons are called the
Galilean satellites because they were first seen
in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei.
Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar
System, with a diameter of 3,260 miles.
JUPITER’S LARGEST MOONS
JUPITER'S MANY MOONS
GANYMEDE
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The largest moon in our solar system is hiding an ocean
under its surface, according to observations made with
the Hubble Space Telescope. Aurorae spotted by the
telescope, confirmed the long standing theory, and the
findings were announced during a NASA teleconference.
The news comes just a day after we found out that
Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, likely has
hydrothermal activity in its own subsurface ocean.
WHICH TWO PLANETS IS THE ASTEROID BELT
LOCATED BETWEEN?
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar
System located roughly between the orbits of
the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by
numerous irregularly shaped bodies called
asteroids or minor planets.
Which two planets is the asteroid belt located between?
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