Jupiter

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Jupiter

• The largest planet!
• Outer atmosphere layered clouds of water,
  methane, and ammonia
• The Great Red Spot is a long-lasting storm (300
  years long) that is larger than Earth!

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• Jupiters Moons and Rings

• Jupiter has 63 moons and a ring system. The four
  of Jupiters natural satellites are Io, Europa,
  Ganymede, and Callisto.
• Io has active volcanoes, and Europa has the
  possibility of a water environment friendly to
  life.

Callisto
Ganymede
Europa
Io
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NASA Missions to Jupiter

• There have been five NASA missions to Jupiter.
• Two Pioneer missions
• Two Voyager missions- sent back images that
  revealed a thin faint ring around the planet, as
  well as the first detailed images of its moons.
• One Galileo mission- this spacecraft released a
  probe that sent back data on the atmospheres
  composition, temperature, and pressure.

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NASA Missions to Jupiter
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Jupiters Orbit
The fifth orbital path from the sun.
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Jupiter

• 43.3 light-minutes
• 9 hours, 56 minutes
• 11 years, 313 days
• 142,984 km
• -153C
• 236 of Earths

• Distance from sun
• Period of rotation
• Period of revolution
• Diameter
• Surface temperature
• Surface gravity