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Jupiter
Welcome to The Planet of Jupiter.
Information about Jupiter
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| Mass |
kg |
1.90 x 10^27 |
| Diameter |
km |
142,984 |
| Mean Density |
kg/m^3 |
1314 |
| Escape Velocity |
m/sec |
59,500 |
| Distance from
the sun |
Shortest |
460,200,000 mi.(740,600,000
km) |
| Greatest |
507,000,000 mi.(816,000,000
km) |
| Mean |
483,600,000 mi.(778,400,000
km) |
| Rotation
Period (Length of Day) |
Earth Days |
9.8 |
| Revolution
Period (Length of Year) |
Earth Years |
11.86 |
| Obliquity
(Tilt of Axis) |
Degrees |
3.08 |
| Orbit Inclination |
Degrees |
1.3 |
| Orbit
Eccentricity |
Deviation From Circular |
0.048 |
| Mean
Surface Temperature |
Fahrenheit |
-250 F(cloud tops) 34,000 F
or 19,000 C(beneath the clouds) |
| Visual Geometric Albedo |
Reflectivity |
0.44 |
| Atmospheric Components |
90%
hydrogen(H), 10% helium(He) and .07% methane(CH4) |
| Rings |
1 |
| Number of Satellites |
16 |
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Interesting Facts
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| It takes 44 moon to equal
Jupiter's width |
| The Great Red Spot is a
storm that lasts up to million years with speeds
up to 225 miles (362 km)per hour |
| The Great Red Spot measures
about 25,000 miles(40,200 kilometers) long- more
than three times the diameter of the earth-and
about 20,000 miles(32,000 kilometers) wide |
| It takes 1000 earth's to
fill up the volume of Jupiter |
| Jupiter's average orbital
speed is 8 miles per second(13 kilometers per
second) |
| Jupiter has 1 ring |
| Jupiter rotates(spins)
faster than any planet in the solar system. |
| Jupiter's surface cannot be
seen from the earth because of the layers of
dense clouds that surround the planet |
| Galileo, the space probe
just visited Jupiter in 1995 finding new
information launched in 1989 |
| Jupiter's amotsphere
contains hydrogen, helium, methane, ammonia,
carbon monoxide, ethane, acetylene, phosphine,
and water vapor |
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