Jupiter

[[image:images.jpg]]** JUPITER Planet Facts **
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That's right, all those beautiful whirling clouds and storms you see on Jupiter are only about 50 km thick. They're made of ammonia crystals broken up into two different cloud decks. The darker material is thought to be compounds brought up from deeper inside Jupiter, and then change color in sunlight. But below those clouds, it's just hydrogen and helium, all the way down. No, it's really massive. The mass of Jupiter is 318 times the mass of the Earth. In fact, Jupiter has 2.5 times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. But here's the funny thing. Jupiter is the third brightest object in the Solar System, after Venus and the Moon. Chances are, you saw Jupiter in the sky, and had no idea that's what you were seeing. But if you see a really bright star, high in the sky, chances are you're seeing Jupiter.
 * 1. The Clouds on Jupiter are only 50 km thick**
 * 2. Jupiter is massive**
 * 3. You can see Jupiter with your own eyes**

Start counting. Jupiter was first visited by NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft in December 1973, and then Pioneer 11 in December 1974. Then Voyager 1 and 2 in 1979. This was followed by a long break until Ulysses arrived in February 1992. Then Cassini made a flyby in 2000, on its way to Saturn. And finally, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its flyby in 2007. I'm sure these won't be the last. FACT:**__Jupiter's Big Red Spot is really a big raging cyclone strom big as Earth.__**
 * 4.Jupiter has been visited 7 times by spacecraft from Earth**

JUPITER'S REVOLUTION&ROTATION

Revolution:12years=one revolution

Rotation:9.9=one complete rotation on its axis

JUPITER'SMOONS ** MOON'S NAMES:Ganymede, Callisto,Europa,Io,Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. MOON'SFACTS:

|| || =** Europa **=
 * || || =** Io **= ||
 * [[image:http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Images/Planets/jupiter/Io_sm.jpg width="144" height="144"]] ||  ||   || **Mean Distance from Jupiter** || 422,000 km (262,219 miles) ||
 * **Orbital Period around Jupiter** || 1.769 Earth days ||
 * **Mean Diameter** || 3,630 km (2,256 miles) ||
 * **Year Discovered** || 1610 ||  ||

|| || =** Ganymede **=
 * || [[image:http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Images/Planets/jupiter/Europa_sm.jpg width="144" height="144"]] ||  ||   || **Mean Distance from Jupiter** || 671,000 km (416,940 miles) ||
 * **Orbital Period around Jupiter** || 3.551 Earth days ||
 * **Mean Diameter** || 3,130 km (1,945 miles) ||
 * **Year Discovered** || 1610 ||  ||

|| || =** Callisto **=
 * || [[image:http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Images/Planets/jupiter/Ganymede_sm.jpg width="144" height="144"]] ||  ||   || **Mean Distance from Jupiter** || 1,070,000 km (664,867 miles) ||
 * **Orbital Period around Jupiter** || 7.155 Earth days ||
 * **Mean Diameter** || 5,268 km (3,273 miles) ||
 * **Year Discovered** || 1610 ||  ||

|| || =** Amalthea **=
 * || [[image:http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Images/Planets/jupiter/Callisto_sm.jpg width="144" height="147"]] ||  ||   || **Mean Distance from Jupiter** || 1,883,000 km (1,170,042 miles) ||
 * **Orbital Period around Jupiter** || 16.689 Earth days ||
 * **Mean Diameter** || 4,806 km (2,986 miles) ||
 * **Year Discovered** || 1610 ||  ||

|| || =** Himalia **=
 * || [[image:http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Images/Planets/jupiter/Amalthea_sm.jpg width="144" height="141"]] ||  ||   || **Mean Distance from Jupiter** || 181,300 km (112,655 miles) ||
 * **Orbital Period around Jupiter** || 0.498179 Earth days ||
 * **Mean Diameter** || 262 x 146 x 134 km (163 x 91 x 83 miles) ||
 * **Year Discovered** || 1892 ||  ||

|| || =** Elara **=
 * || [[image:http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Images/Planets/jupiter/Himalia_sm.jpg width="144" height="144"]] ||  ||   || **Mean Distance from Jupiter** || 11,480,000 km (7,133,341 miles) ||
 * **Orbital Period around Jupiter** || 250.5662 Earth days ||
 * **Mean Diameter** || 170 km (106 miles) ||
 * **Year Discovered** || 1904 ||  ||

|| || =** Pasiphae **=
 * ||  ||   ||   || **Mean Distance from Jupiter** || 11,737,000 km (7,293,034 miles) ||
 * **Orbital Period around Jupiter** || 259.65 Earth days ||
 * **Mean Diameter** || 76 km (47 miles) ||
 * **Year Discovered** || 1905 ||  ||


 * ||  ||   ||   || **Mean Distance from Jupiter** || 23,500,000 km (14,602,223 miles) ||
 * **Orbital Period around Jupiter** || 735 Earth days ||
 * **Mean Diameter** || 36 km (22 miles) ||
 * **Year Discovered** || 1908 ||  ||   ||

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