1. Jupiter

2. Discovery of Jupiter • Greek and Romans -> Zeus
• 1610 – Galileo turned his
telescope on it.
NASA lists “The Bible shows the way
• Discovery – by ancient to go to heaven, not the
Babylonians. way the heavens go”
• called it “Marduk”. - Galileo Galilei
[2][3]

3. Chemical Composition
[4][9][8]
• Jupiter is a gas planet-
• composition of atmosphere is similar
there is no solid surface.
to that of the sun—mostly hydrogen • if one stepped onto the
and helium. planet, he would sink into
• Deep in the pressure and it and eventually get
temperature increase it compresses crushed by the massive
hydrogen gas into a liquid. increase in pressure

4. Distance from the Su
Minimum Distance from Sun: 741 million km Average Temp. -> -234* F
(483,682,810 miles) (-483*C)
Maximum Distance from Sun: 817 million km
Tilt - 3.13°
(508 million miles)
Jupiter
[4][5]

5. Mass - 1.9 x 1027 kg.
Diameter - 143,000 km.
Volume - 1.43 x 1015km3.
Surface area - 6.22 x 11.86 Earth
1010km2 years to orbit
Size the sun
(Jovian year)
9.8 Earth hours to
revolve around Length of Year
its axis (day).
Length of Day
[5][7]

6. Moons Io - the most
volcanically active
 Galileo discovered its 4 largest moons. body in our solar
 Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. system.
 They are known as Galilean satellites.
Europa - liquid
ocean may lie
beneath its frozen
crust.
has about 99% the
diameter of the
planet Mercury but
only about a third
of its mass.
Ganymede - the
largest planetary
moon and the only
moon in the solar
system known to
64 confirmed Moons have its own
Mass of moons magnetic field. [4]

7.  four main components
 first observed in 1979 by the
Voyager 1 space probe. • a thick inner torus of
particles - halo ring
 consists mainly of dust.
• exceptionally thin -
 hard to see unlike Saturn’s
main ring
rings.
• two wide and thick
 thickness of the ring ~ to
outer - gossamer rings
be 30 km or less
Rings of Jupiter
[10]

8. Stylized
number
four
letter Zeta - the
Greek
letter for
artistic Zeus
rendition of
Jupiter’s thunder
bolt
an eagle
Jupiter’s Symbol [11]

9. The Great Red Spot
 storm that’s larger than Earth.
 its swirling winds blow 100km/hr
 similar to a hurricane.
 hurricanes on earth weaken quickly.
 Jupiter -> there is no land to weaken
the storm. Infrared Image
 1st observed in mid-1600’s
 lasted 181 years and possibly
longer than 346 years.
 visible through Earth-based
telescopes.
[6]

10. Interesting Facts about J
Jupiter has 2.5 times the mass of all the Jupiter got any more massive, it
other planets in the Solar System would actually get smaller and dense.
combined.
Astronomers call Jupiter a failed star. Not really appropriate, it’s like saying
your house is a failed skyscraper.
Stars generate their energy through Jupiter would need more than 70
the fusion of mass together. times its current mass to ignite
nuclear fusion.
After crashing dozens of Jupiters
together, you might have a chance to
make a new star.
[1]

11. Bibliography
1. http://www.universetoday.com/15182/interesting-
facts-about-jupiter/
2. http://thinkexist.com/quotes/galileo_galilei/
3. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astr
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4. http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/sp
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5. http://www.windows2universe.org/jupiter/statisti
cs.html
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7. http://blog.vovici.com/blog/bid/18133/Recommen
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8. http://www.ok.gov/okfusion/Business_Industry/C
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10. http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/98/9.17.9
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11. http://www.whats-your-sign.com/jupiter-symbol-
meanings.html

13. By - Ayushi Kapoor
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