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Where in the universe is Jupiter
• Located in the
Milky Way
Galaxy
• 5th planet from
the Sun
Outer Planets and Gas Giants
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto are the
outer planets
• Jupiter Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune are
considered gas giants
• Jupiter is the largest of the
gas giants
– 90% hydrogen
– 10% helium
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect19/Sect19_14.html
How big is Jupiter
• Largest planet
– twice the size of all
the planets put
together
– 318 times the size of
Earth
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/jupiter.html
How many moons does Jupiter
have?
Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton
• Jupiter has 28 known
satellites (moons)
• 12 more satellites have
been discovered but are
not named yet
• 4 of Jupiter’s moons
(Callisto, Europa,
Ganymede and Io) were
seen by Galileo in 1610
Jupiter’s Rings
• Jupiter’s rings were
discovered by Voyager
1 in 1979
• The Galileo satellite
discovered that there
are 2 rings
• Jupiter’s rings are not
visible from Earth
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/jupiter.html
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
• A giant storm
• Moves in
counterclockwise
direction
• Jupiter’s Great Red
Spot is big enough
to hold 2 Earths
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/jupiter.html
Interesting Facts
• Jupiter was named
after the Roman god
Jupiter who was the
king of the gods
• Jupiter is the “king”
of the planets because
it is so big
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/j/jupiter.html
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Where is Jupiter located?
How many moons does Jupiter have?
Who first saw Jupiter’s moons in 1610?
What is the Great Red Spot?
Where did Jupiter get it’s name?
How many rings does Jupiter have?
Works Cited
Jupiter
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/jupiter.html
Jupiter
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/j/jupiter.html
Solar Views
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/jupiter.htm
Stardate Online
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/outer_planets.html