Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the largest one in the solar system. If Jupiter were hollow, more than one thousand Earths could fit inside. It also contains more matter than all of the other planets combined. Jupiter has 28 .
known satellites, four of which were observed by Galileo in 1610. These satellites are named Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io. There is a ring system and is totally invisible from the Earth. The rings were discovered in 1979 by Voyager 1. Jupiter's atmosphere is somewhat like the Sun. It is composed mainly of hydrogen and .
helium. Jupiter contains 90% hydrogen and 10% helium, with small amounts of methane, ammonia, water vapor and other compounds. Within Jupiter, the pressure is so enormous that the hydrogen atoms are broken up and the electrons are freed .
so that the remaining atoms are bare protons. This results in hydrogen becoming metallic.
Colorful bands, atmospheric clouds and storms describe Jupiter's weather systems. The cloud patterns change within hours or days. The Great Red Spot is a storm moving in a counter-clockwise direction. Smaller storms can be found through out the clouds of Jupiter. .
Jupiter has a simple ring system that is composed of an inner light, a main ring and a Gossamer ring. To the Voyager spacecraft, the Gossamer ring appeared to be a single ring, but Galileo's images provided the discovery that the Gossamer is really two rings. One ring is planted within the other. The rings are very weak and are composed of dust particles. Many of the particles are microscopic in size. .
The innermost ring extends from about 57,000 miles to about 76,000 miles from Jupiter's center. It is formed from particles of dust. The main and brightest ring extends to about 80,000 miles. Jupiter's four small inner moons are Metis, Adrastea, Thebe, and Amalthea. Close to the orbit of Metis, the main ring's brightness decreases. Jupiter's rings and moons exist within a strong radiation belt of electrons and ions trapped in the planet's magnetic field.
Introduction Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in Earth's sky. ... Jupiter acts like a giant magnet Jupiter's orbit of the Sun at is an average distance of 480 million miles. ... While flying by Jupiter in 1992 and 1998 Ulysses took measurements of Jupiter's magnetosphere and gravitational field. ...
Halfway through the solar system in the far reaches of space lies a monster of a planet named Jupiter. ... Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky and has been known since prehistoric times. ... Jupiter is very large, so large in fact that the atmospheric pressure generated by Jupiter's large mass is 318 times that of Earth. ... It is located on Jupiter's south tropical zone at about 22 degrees south latitude. ... In fact, Jupiter radiates more heat than it receives from the Sun. ...
Jupiter was named for the Roman primary god, Jupiter. ... Jupiter's diameter is 88,700 miles. ... Jupiter is so big that all the other planets in our Solar System would fit inside Jupiter if it were hollow. ... This is because Jupiter is such a large planet; a 100-pound person would weigh 254 pounds on Jupiter. ... Metis is the closest moon to Jupiter. ...
Jupiter and Saturn The two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, have many of the same characteristics along with many differences. ... Jupiter's Diameter is 142,984 km across at the equator. ... The spacecraft Galileo orbited Jupiter for eight years. ... Amazingly, if you combine Saturn and all of the other planets together, excluding Jupiter, Jupiter is still twice as massive. ... Soon after, they were discovered around Jupiter and Neptune. ...
"Jupiter." ... Jupiter is a ball of dense gas and has no solid surface. ... Gas and clouds in Jupiter's atmosphere travel at high speeds. ... Jupiter is about 75% hydrogen and 25% helium by mass with traces of methane, water, ammonia, and "rock"(Jupiter"). ... Other Unique Features The planet Jupiter has a system of rings (see Figure 6), known as the rings of Jupiter or the Jovian ring system (Harvey). ...
STORIES OF THE GODS OF NATURE Zeus/Jupiter divided the sovereignty of the world Hades/Pluto got the underworld and shades of the dead. ... Jupiter gave him PROSERPINA as a wife, but was fearful to tell the girl's mother, CERES/Demeter. ... Jupiter intervened "said she could have proserpina back as long as she had not accepted food. ...
Legrand contested Jupiter on his left and his right before they left and found out that Jupiter dropped it from the wrong eye. ... A man named Jupiter usually accompanied Legrand. Jupiter is an old freed slave that works for Legrand. Jupiter is an uneducated man that doesn't even know his right from his left. ... Jupiter probably believes in voodoo or something because he is afraid of the gold bug. ...
When in trouble, four other sailor scouts (Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus) help her out. ... Sailor Jupiter, a.k.a. ... To transform, she shouts, "Jupiter Star Power!" and changes from Lita to Sailor Jupiter. ...
