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JUPITER
By: Kaitlyn Downey
SYMBOL & NAME
Jupiter’s name came from
the Roman god Jupiter,
who is the king of the
Roman gods. Since Jupiter
is the largest planet, they
made the most important
god the largest planet.
DISCOVERY
People always knew
Jupiter was there,
you can see it
without a telescope.
There was never an
actual “discovery.”
can be seen with eyes
MEASUREMENTS
Mass: 1.8981 x 1027 kg
Volume: 1.43128 x 1015 km3
Density: 1.326 g/cm3
Gravity: 24.74 m/s2
Sink or Float?
Jupiter would sink in
water because its density
is larger than 1
ATMOSPHERE
The atmosphere on Jupiter
is mostly made of hydrogen
(H2) and helium (He). There
is a small amount of other
materials mixed in too.
Also the atmosphere is thick
and full of ammonia clouds,
which are poisonous.
DISTANCES
Order from the Sun: 5th ~ Distance from Sun in km: 778,300,000 km
~ Distance from Earth in km: 628,311,057 km (4.2 AU) ~
ORBIT AND ROTATION
Orbit around the Sun (One Year):
12 Earth years or 4,333 Earth
days
Rotate on Axis (One Day):
0.41354 days or 9.92496 hours
TEMPERATURE
Average Temperature:
-148 degrees Celsius
Jupiter’s Temperature
doesn’t does not vary
much like earth, but it is
much colder.
COMPOSITION AND APPEARANCE
Jupiter is a gas giant. This means it is
made of gas and barely has a surface.
Jupiter looks like a planet made of sand,
the colors are almost rusty and old, and
also sandy.
The internal composition of Jupiter is
Hydrogen, Helium, and ice, with a core of
iron and rock.
RINGS
Jupiter has 3 main rings:
Halo, Main, Gossamer
Jupiter’s ring system is faint,
dark, and hard to see.
The rings around Jupiter
are made of dust particles.
WATER?
There is water on
Jupiter. The water is in
the clouds that are in
Jupiter’s atmosphere.
WEATHER
Jupiter is cold and has storms
that can last thousands of
years. There is a storm that
lasts more than 400 years and
is still going. It is called the
Great Red Spot and you can
see it on Jupiter. Winds on
Jupiter can go over 215 MPH.
MOONS
There are a total of 67
moons that orbit Jupiter.
50 are known and
confirmed.
17 are not confirmed yet.
CAN YOU SURVIVE?
NO! You wouldn’t survive
because there is no surface
you could stand on since it is a
gas giant. You would freeze
from the temperature. And,
you would get crushed by the
gravity of Jupiter. Also, you
could be poisoned by the
ammonia in the atmosphere.
EXTRA!
Giant storm called The Great Red Spot
There have been about 8 or more missions to
Jupiter
If you weighed 100lbs on Earth, you’d weigh
254lbs on Jupiter
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