Jupiter is a planet in outerspace. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and is the largest of all eight known planets. Jupiter is more than twice the size of all the other planets combined and it has a mass more than 318 times of earth. It was named after the King of all gods, ruler of Olympus Jupiter. It is some times referred to as the gas giant along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Jupiter is the third brightest object in the sky after the sun and venus and in the past it was sometimes referred to as the wandering star due to its brightness. Jupiter has four large moons by the names of Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, these moons are now referred to as the Galilean moons. Over the years astronomers have been trying to reach Jupiter and they finally did in 1973 by Pioneer 10. Jupiter was orbited by a spacecraft called Galileo for aroung 8 years.
Jupiter
Jupiter does not have a solid surface it's gaseous material gets denser and what we see when we look at Jupiter is clouds high in it's atmospheres. Ninety percent of jupiter is hydrogen while the other ten percent is helium, along with those elements jupiter has traces of methane, water, ammonia and what is thought to be rock.They way Jupiter was formed and what it has in it is nearly the same as the Solar Nebula. Jupiter has a core of rocky material, and it has liquid metallic hydrogen. This liquid metallic hydrogen is the same as what the sun has inside of it and is what powers Jupiter magnettic field. Their is thought to be water on Jupiter but not alot, and it has extremely high velocity winds.
This cut-away illustrates a model of the interior of Jupiter, with a rocky core overlaid by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen.
THE GREAT RED SPOT
The great red spot is an oval shaped storm that is one of Jupiters most famous features. It was discovered around 300 years ago in the 17th century. This great red spot is 12,000 by 25,000 km, big enough to hold two Earths. The storm rotates clockwise and it takes around 6 days for it to complete one full turn.
Sustainability Of Life.
For years scientists have wondered if life can be sustained on planets other then earth, in this case regarding Jupiter the answer is no. Unfortunately at this point in time life will never be able to be sustained on Jupiter. There are many reasons that contribute to the fact that life will never be able to be sustained on Jupiter such as the fact that Jupiter is a massive gas planet that is home to extremely toxic, life threatening gases and fumes that along with hurracanes and strong planetry storms will kill any form of life that even comes near them. Other reasons are that Jupiter has extremely high velocity winds and that all living things need water and there thought to be barely any if any on juptier as well as the fact that jupiter has barely any if not any hard surfaces for people to land on so it would be impossible to live on it.
Jupiter is a planet in outerspace. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and is the largest of all eight known planets. Jupiter is more than twice the size of all the other planets combined and it has a mass more than 318 times of earth. It was named after the King of all gods, ruler of Olympus Jupiter. It is some times referred to as the gas giant along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Jupiter is the third brightest object in the sky after the sun and venus and in the past it was sometimes referred to as the wandering star due to its brightness. Jupiter has four large moons by the names of Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, these moons are now referred to as the Galilean moons. Over the years astronomers have been trying to reach Jupiter and they finally did in 1973 by Pioneer 10. Jupiter was orbited by a spacecraft called Galileo for aroung 8 years.
Jupiter does not have a solid surface it's gaseous material gets denser and what we see when we look at Jupiter is clouds high in it's atmospheres. Ninety percent of jupiter is hydrogen while the other ten percent is helium, along with those elements jupiter has traces of methane, water, ammonia and what is thought to be rock.They way Jupiter was formed and what it has in it is nearly the same as the Solar Nebula. Jupiter has a core of rocky material, and it has liquid metallic hydrogen. This liquid metallic hydrogen is the same as what the sun has inside of it and is what powers Jupiter magnettic field. Their is thought to be water on Jupiter but not alot, and it has extremely high velocity winds.
THE GREAT RED SPOT
The great red spot is an oval shaped storm that is one of Jupiters most famous features. It was discovered around 300 years ago in the 17th century. This great red spot is 12,000 by 25,000 km, big enough to hold two Earths. The storm rotates clockwise and it takes around 6 days for it to complete one full turn.
Sustainability Of Life.
For years scientists have wondered if life can be sustained on planets other then earth, in this case regarding Jupiter the answer is no. Unfortunately at this point in time life will never be able to be sustained on Jupiter. There are many reasons that contribute to the fact that life will never be able to be sustained on Jupiter such as the fact that Jupiter is a massive gas planet that is home to extremely toxic, life threatening gases and fumes that along with hurracanes and strong planetry storms will kill any form of life that even comes near them. Other reasons are that Jupiter has extremely high velocity winds and that all living things need water and there thought to be barely any if any on juptier as well as the fact that jupiter has barely any if not any hard surfaces for people to land on so it would be impossible to live on it.
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