By Jessica ,Rodrick , and Juliana

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By Jessica ,Rodrick , and Juliana
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Facts

• Jupiter is 483,000,000 miles from the sun.

• Jupiters diameter is 88,850 miles.

• It takes 9 hours and 55 minutes to rotate once.

• It takes 11 years and 150 days for one
  revolution.

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Surroundings

• Jupiter has a big red spot with a storm in it.
• Some of the gases are helium, hydrogen, and
  sulfur.
• The atmosphere of Jupiter is a narrow surface
  layer compared to the vast interior of the
  planet.
• It is 20,000 degrees Celsius on Jupiter.
• Jupiter has 16 moons.
• Some are gasoline moons.
• The four main moons are Io, Callisto, Europa,
  and Ganymede.
• Jupiters biggest moon is Ganymede.

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History

• Pioneer 10 was the first mission to visit
  Jupiter in 1973.
• The Ancient Greeks named Jupiter after Zeus.
• Galileo pointed a telescope at Jupiter and
  discovered its four moons.
• Jupiters symbol looks like a four.

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• Extremely Interesting Facts
• If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, youd weigh 264
  pounds on Jupiter.
• Did you know that Jupiter is so large that all of
  the other planets can fit in it?
• Astronomers think that the great red spot is
  caused by a potent storm system in Jupiters
  atmosphere.
• Jupiters biggest moon is Ganymede.

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Sources

• Our sources that we used are
• Window to the Universe.com
• The Nine Planets.com
• StarChild.com
• Classroom Materials
• Jupiter by Elaine Landau
• Jupiter by Gregory L. Vogt