Jupiter

By Linsy Wang

Symbol

• Looks like a 4

• Represents thunder bolt,

an eagle, and the letter Zeta (Greek)

• Zeta is the Greek letter z, for Zeus

Jupiter’s name

• Jupiter is Greek for Zeus

• King of gods

• Ruler of Olympus

• The patron of the Roman state

Discovery

Galileo discovered Jupiter in

1610. He used his rudimentary

telescope that he invented, and

saw Jupiter’s 4 largest moons

orbiting the planet. He

discovered that not everything orbits around

the earth.

Distances

• Fifth planet from the sun

• Average distance from sun(km):

778,330,000 km

• Distances from earth(km): varies

from 628,743,036 km to 928,081,020

km

Planet Measurements

Mass: 1.90x10 kg

Volume: 1,431,281,810,739,360 km³

Density: 1.33 g/cm³

Gravity: 24.79 m/s²

Will Jupiter sink or float in water?

It will sink because it has more density

than water.

Water’s density:

1,000.00 kg/m³

Jupiter’s density

1.33 g/cm³

Orbit and rotation

How long does Jupiter take to orbit

around the Sun once?

About 12 earth years

How long does Jupiter take to

rotate on its own axis?

About 10 earth hours

Atmosphere

Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90% hydrogen

and 10% helium. Other chemical compounds

are found in small amounts of other substances

Temperature

Jupiter’s temperature range:

-128°C (-190°F) to -13°C

(9°F)

Earth’s temperature range:

-129°F to 159°F

Average temperature in Florida:

21.1°C (70°F)

Composition/appearance

• Jupiter is a gas giant. It is mostly

made of gas and liquid, and doesn't

have a solid surface

• It is about 90% hydrogen

and 10% helium

Weather

• Jupiter has lots of storms

• There are layers of clouds above

Jupiter’s atmosphere

• The Great Red Spot is a storm on

Jupiter that lasted for hundreds of

years

Rings

• Known as the Rings of

Jupiter or the Jovian Ring system

• Made of rock fragments

• Discovered by Voyager 1

• There are three rings:

the Main ring, the Halo ring and the Gossamer

ring

Moons

• Jupiter has at least 63 moons

• The four largest moons (Io, Europa,

Ganymede, and Callisto) were

discovered by Galileo in 1610. They

are known as the Galilean moons.

Water• There is a small amount of water on

Jupiter, but they are in Jupiter’s

clouds

• There are of water and/or ice on

some of Jupiter’s moons

If humans traveled to Jupiter

• Humans would choke because there

is no Oxygen

• They would freeze to death because

Jupiter is very cold

Interesting facts

• The Great Red Spot is a

storm that has been lasting for hundreds of

years. It’s even bigger than earth.

• If the sun was as tall as a door, Jupiter

would be a basketball and earth would be a

nickel

• Jupiter is the size of a small star