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Jupiter
BY
JAKE S. BULKLEY
BY Jake
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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KING OF THE PLANETS
MOONS
THE ROTATION
THE RED SPOT
THE LOCATION
EXPLORING JUPITER
GLOSSERY
INDEX
King of the Planets
• I bet you are all wondering where Jupiter's
name came from. It came from a Roman god
named Jupiter. He was the ruler of all the
gods. Since Jupiter is the biggest planet in the
solar system it is called Jupiter .
MOONS
• Jupiter has 63 moons in all but the 4 Jupiter's
moons that I am going to tell you about are the
most popular. The first is Io .Then there is
Ganymede. This moon is bigger then planet
Mercury. Then there is Europa. It is so cold and
icy. Then last but not least … Calisto!!!!!
THE ROTATION
• Like all the other planets Jupiter spins. Earth
spins around every 24 hours, but Jupiter spins
around every 9 to 10 hours. Also Earth orbits
the sun every year, but it takes Jupiter 12
Earth years to orbit the sun. Jupiter also has
an axis which is slightly tilted. So that makes a
day on Jupiter less then 10 hours .
THE RED SPOT
• Some might think the red spot on Jupiter is
just a cloud, but they are wrong. The red spot
is a hurricane on Jupiter that is 3 times as big
as Earth. The hurricane has been going on for
over 400 years. It is the biggest storm in the
known universe.
THE LOCATION
• The distance of Jupiter and the sun is 483.78
million miles apart. Jupiter is the fifth planet
from the sun. Jupiter has a very crowded
neighborhood. It has Mars before it and
Saturn after it. It has several rings clenched
together.
EXPLORING JUPITER
400 years ago Jupiter, a massive, windy planet, was
born. But something amazing happened in 1971 and
this is why we know all about Jupiter. VOYAGER 2
went to learn more about Jupiter. Then in 1986 NASA
launched another ship, but 36 seconds after lift off it
exploded. There is so much more to learn about
Jupiter, but this is all I know .
THE END
Voyager 2 getting into
Jupiter's orbit
Glossary
Clenched-----------------------is something and
something squished together .
Distance------------------------is how far a thing is .
Hurricane----------------------is a big, windy storm .
Orbit-----------------------------is a circle a planet spins
around every year.
Romans---------------------------were people who lived
from about 400 B.C. to about 1447.
RULER----------------------------a person who is in
charge of lots of people .