Joey-Sarah-Austin

 //**Jupiter**//


Describe how Jupiter got its name: The god of the sky, Jupiter gave Jupiter it's name.

Who discovered Jupiter? No single person discovered Jupiter, as it is visible to the human eye.

Distances: Order from the sun: Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun. Distance from the sun: Jupiter is 741 million km from the sun. Distance from Earth: The most distance is 928,081,020 km. apart, the least distance is 628,743,036 km. apart.

Planet Measurements: Mass: 1.9* 10^27 kg Volume: (1010 km^3)

Orbit and Rotation: Number of Days To Orbit Around the Sun: 4, 331 Earth days Perihelion( how close does it get to the sun): 740.52(10^6)km Aphelion ( how far does it get from the sun): 570,000,000 miles <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Length of One Day( number of hours in one day): 9 hours and 54 minutes are in one of Jupiter's days.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Equilateral circumference: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Mean Density: 1.37 g/cm^3 <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Gravity: 2.5* Earth's gravity

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Planet Appearance: Jupiter's surface has a Great Red Spot, which is a giant storm over Planet Jupiter. Jupiter is one of the brightest objects in the sky. It has red "belts" around it.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Rings: There are 3 rings, which are faint dark and narrow. They are composed of rock fragments and dust.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Satellites (moons): There are 63 known moons. The largest moons are Lo, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Composition: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Core Composition: liquid rock <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Surface composition: gas and liquid

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Atmosphere: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Major Gases: Molecular hydrogen and helium are the major gases. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Minor Gases: Gaseous ammonia, methane, water, ethane, acetylene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, cyanide, phosphine, and germane are the minor gases.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Surface Conditions: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Wind Speeds: The wind can go up to 360 kph on Jupiter. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Temperature ranges: -145 degrees celsius to 20 degrees celsius...further temperatures are 9,700 degrees celsius to 35,000 degrees celsius. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Surface pressure: less than 1% of Earth's surface pressure

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Weather: Jupiter's weather is huge, just like the planet itself. Storms that last hundreds of years are normal, and they cldan grow to cover thousands of kilometers within hours.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Water: All forms of water can be found on Jupiter, liquid water, water vapor, and ice.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Explorations: Probe pioneer-March 2nd, 1972. Voyager Land 2, the summer of 1977. Galite, 1989. Cassini, October 15, 1997.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Habitability: they would be crushed by gravity, and poisoned by its atmosphere, then would be absorbed.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Future human travel: If you put someone on planit Jupiter they would fall until they hit the inner core or you would be crushed.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Terraforming: In order to live on Jupiter, you would need oxygen, and more solid.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Cool facts:

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">How much would you weigh on your planet? 90*2.528 kg (a 90 lbs. kid would weigh 227.52 lbs.).

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">3 neat facts about Jupiter:

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">1. 1/10 the size of the sun

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">2. it takes Jupiter to orbit around the sun as long as 12 Earth years.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">3. you can fit 100 Earth's into Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">References: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">[|Nasa Jupiter] <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">[|Nine Planets Jupiter] <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">[|Planet facts]