Jupiter

By Kimika Nakamura

Jupiter’s symbolThis symbol have three theories.

- Jupiter was the fourth of five planets (exclude Earth)

- It express lightning of Jupiter　 (Zeus of Greek mythology).

- The deformation of the initial Z of Zeus.　

How the Jupiter got its name?

• Jupiter was named after the Roman God of mythology.

• Jupiter was considered to be the Roman equivalent to the God Zeus.

• When something is Jupiter in nature, it is called 'Jovian', which means happy.

Discovery of Jupiter• Who – ancients.• How – unknown.• When – unknown.

Atmosphere• 88 ％－ 92 ％→ Hydrogen• 8 ％－ 12 ％→ Helium

Distance• Order from the sun : Fifth• Distance from the sun in km :

778,412,010 km• Distance from the Earth in km : About

6,288,141,531,327,887 km (This Numeric value is 　 average . Always it is a little different by revol-ution.)

Orbit and Rotation• It takes 11.86 earth years orbit around

the sun.• It takes 9.9 hours rotate on its axis.

Composition/Appearance

• Jupiter’s surface composition is gas giant.• Jupiter’s internal composition is core, about

88%-92% hydrogen, and about 8-12% helium.• Jupiter looks like orange.• Jupiter is one of the gas giants. It is

recognizable by its swirling bands of clouds and large red spot.

Rings• There are three rings orbiting Jupiter.• They discovered by 1979.• They made of gas, dust, rock, and ice.

Water• There is not water.• Because Jupiter consists of gas.

Moons• Jupiter has at least 60 moons. (about

65.)• First of four moons discovered by

Galileo Galilei in 1610. they called “ Galilean moons”.

If human traveled to Jupiter

• If human traveled to Jupiter, they will die soon.

• Because there are a lot of strong radiant energy.

• Jupiter has strong magnetism, so humans will fall down.

• Jupiter doesn’t have the ground on the surface because Jupiter consists of gases. ( But core of Jupiter made of rock.)

Something special• Jupiter has a sandstorm which is called

the great red spot.• It size is about 2 or 3 times of Earth.

Bibliography• http://www.ask.com/• http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter• http://

www.enchantedlearning.com/jgifs/Jupiterinside.GIF