Hi, I have been studying about the planet Jupiter. Ever wondered about that red spot? Did you know that is actually a giant storm that has been there for 170 years.
Some of my questions about Jupiter:
How far is Jupiter from Earth? From the Sun?
SOURCE: The Solar System
JUPITER Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. 483 million miles from the sun... Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system. It is a giant ball of gas with a rocky center. No one has ever seen the surface of Jupiter, it is covered with thick clouds. These clouds are white, yellow, tan, orange, and red. Strong winds blow the clouds around. It is freezing cold at the top of the clouds and boiling hot in the center of Jupiter.One year on Jupiter is as long as 12 years on Earth and one day is almost 10 hours long.
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JUPITER'S MOONS
Source: Website on Space and Astronomy Jupiter's Moon Count Soars to 52 with Four New Discoveries The tally of Jovian moons has soared to 52 with the discovery of four small moons added to eight that were previously revealed last week. The total may represent roughly half of all the giant planet's satellites larger than 0.62 miles. (1 kilometer). Included in the latest batch are two rocks estimated to be just 0.62 miles (1 kilometer) in diameter. These are the first Jovian satellites calculated to be less than 2 kilometers. Jupiter has 29 moons that are no more than 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) wide and several more that aren't much bigger. These small satellites are thought to be captured asteroids or chunks of larger objects that broke apart, though their exact origins have not been determined. Many of them orbit in a direction opposite the planet's rotation. |
"The Great Red Spot (above) is a hurricane-like storm that has persisted in the atmosphere of Jupiter for at least 170 years. Nearly twice the size of Earth, it rotates in a counter clockwise direction about every six days with winds up to 250 miles an hour that can gobble up smaller storms passing nearby." |
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Which of the 9 planets is closer to the size of Jupiter?
Some of Jupiter's Moons |
The God Jupiter which the planet was named after. The Ten Planets in Astrology Mercury - named after Mercurius or Hermes (Messenger of the gods) Though the Sun (a Star) and the Moon (a satellite of Planet Earth) are not planets by the usual definition, for the sake of convenience astrologers refer to them as "Planets" too: Sun - named after Sol or Helios (also associated with Apollo) In Geocentric (Earth-centered) Astrology, the Earth itself is usually not included in the Planet list because we are living on it and are a part of it. We don't see it in the sky. In Heliocentric (Sun-centered) Astrology, the Earth is considered a Planet because the Sun is the point of observation. |
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Death of a Comet "Racing toward Jupiter, doomed Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke into 21 icy chunks by May 1994, creating a stream of glowing dots across more than 700,000 miles of space. Each fragment collided with the planet two months later, in fiery displays that raised plumes thousands of miles high and left dark impact scars on the planet's face."
This is a photograph of Jupiter when comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet's surface.
Photo of impact scars on the surface of Jupiter. |
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