journey jupiter 2

Researched by Elizabeth, Diamond, Triona and Shania

Location

• Did you know that Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun.

• It’s the largest in the solar system.

• Jupiter is 500 miles from the sun.

Composition

• Jupiter is made of many different chemicals.

• You can’t walk on Jupiter because it is not solid.

• If you take a trip to Jupiter you will never come back.

Unique Facts• The core of Jupiter is

hotter than the Sun.• Jupiter was born 4.5

billion years ago when the Sun started to shine.

• Jupiter has three rings of dust.

• The core is size of earth.

Previous Missions

• The first probes were pioneer 10 and pioneer 11 to go to Jupiter.

• They took only 2 ½ years to get there.

• Less than two years ago Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 went to Jupiter .

Conclusion

• Did you know that Jupiter has a huge family of moons.

• But like a smaller solar system.

• It has 63 Jovian moons.• That orbits inside

Jupiter.• The names are : Metis,

Adrastea,Thebe.

Mrs. Stone’s class –Diamond, Tronia, Shania, Elizbeth

Journey Jupiter

Robot Exploration

• The purpose of Journey Jupiter Jaguar is to be on a mission to collect gas samples.

• Jupiter is made up of many types of gases.

• The parts of the robot are: the eyes are the lights, the feet are the wheels, and the funnel is the arm.

Bibliography

• Sparrow, Giles. Destination Jupiter, 2010.