Jupiter: The Giant King

Jupiter Bio/Facts

Diameter: 139,822 km

Relative Mass (Earth = 1): 317.8

Density (kg/m3): 1330

Distance from Sun (AU): 5.2

Length of Day: 9.9 hours

Length of Year: 4331 days

Mean Temp: -166⁰F

Atmosphere

• Mostly hydrogen and helium in gas and liquid form

• Below liquid Hydrogen is a layer of liquid metallic hydrogen (properties of both liquid and solid only possible under extreme pressure)

• Models suggest Jupiter might have Earth-sized solid core

Moons:

• Jupiter has over 60 recorded moons!!!The 4 largest (Galilean Moons) are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto

Io: Volcanic eruptions

More Moons!

• Europa: Gravitational heating may have melted ice and have subsurface ocean (liquid water!)

• Ganymede: Largest moon in solar system

Rings

Jupiter has faint rings of dust (not spectacular like Saturn…)

Why are there huge bands of clouds?

What is this???

Video Refuel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey8Jw7e4B2Q