Download 1 The Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- The outer planets are furthest from the sun.
- They are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
- These are giant planets called Jovian Planets,
Planets, named for Jupiter.
- Made mostly of gas so they have low density.
density.
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The Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Most of the Jovian planets have the same structure:
structure:
- Outer parts ALL gas: H, He, and Methane
THEY DO NOT HAVE A SOLID SURFACE!
H, He, and Methane Gas
Small Core
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The Outer Planets: Jupiter
- The biggest planet of all.
- 300x’
300x’s the mass of Earth.
- It takes 12 years to go around the sun. (year is 12x’
12x’s as long)
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The Outer Planets: Jupiter
- Jupiter’
Jupiter’s atmosphere is thick with H and He gas.
- Bands of clouds (red, white) from high and low pressure systems.
systems.
Great Red Spot
- Giant storm
- 2x’
2x’s the size of earth
- 300 years old
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The Outer Planets: Jupiter
- Jupiter has 61 moons.
- It sucks in lots of moons because of its high gravity.
gravity.
- Jupiter is often called a “mini solar system”
system” for this reason.
IO
EUROPA
GANYMEDE
CALLISTO
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The Outer Planets: Saturn
- Saturn is the second largest planet., but is the least dense.
dense.
- It’
water!!!
It’s density is so low that it could actually float in water!!!
- Saturn has amazing rings.
rings.
- Rings are ice and dust.
dust.
- Rings are wide, but paper thin.
- Gravity holds them around planet.
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The Outer Planets: Saturn Great White Spot
--- Saturn has a Great White Spot
- Large atmospheric storm system
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The Outer Planets: Uranus
- Uranus is blue from methane gas.
gas.
- High temperature and pressure make it rain diamonds !!!
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The Outer Planets: Uranus
- Pictures of Uranus were taken by Voyager 2.
- They noticed that Uranus rotates on its side.
side.
- A space collision toppled it over.
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The Outer Planets: Neptune
- Neptune is also blue from Methane gas.
- It is also thought to be raining diamonds !!!
- Neptune has a Great Dark Spot.
Spot.
- Another very large atmospheric storm.
storm.
- Has recently disappeared (1994).
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Pluto
- It is SOLID made of rock and ice.
- It is not made of gas Not a planet !!!
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The Outer Planets: Pluto
- It takes 248 Earth years to revolve once around the sun.
IT HAS THE MOST
ELIPTICAL ORBIT.
ORBIT.
- Take longest to revolve.
- Crosses Neptune’
Neptune’s orbit.
Becomes 8th planet
instead of 9th for a time...
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