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In your Table of Contents… Add Jupiter and Saturn Notes BrainPop Jupiter Jupiter The first of the outer planets. Is the largest planet! Considered to be a gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Known for its giant red spot. This spot has a diameter three times that of earth. Jupiter The giant red spot is a long lasting storm system (300 years long) that is larger than Earth! Jupiter radiates, or gives, much more energy into space than it receives from the sun. Two Pioneer missions, 2 Voyager missions and 1 Galileo mission have all studied Jupiter. Galileo sent a probe to the Jupiter’s atmosphere in 1995 that sent back data on the atmosphere composition, temperature and pressure. Jupiters moons and rings Jupiter has about 63 moons and a ring system. The four of Jupiter’s natural satellites are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Io has active volcanoes, and Europa has Callisto Ganymede the possibility of a water environment friendly to life. Europa Io Jupiter Statistics Distance from the sun 43.3 light-minutes Period of rotation 9 hours, 56 minutes Period of revolution 11 years, 313 days Diameter 142,984 km Temperature -153*C Gravity 236% of Earth’s