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JUPITER

By Izzy Pate

HOW DID JUPITER GET ITS NAME?

Jupiter got its name from the Roman god named

Jupiter. The god was king of all gods. (The Greek

equivalent is Zeus).

JUPITER’S DISCOVERY

Ancient astronomers discovered Jupiter, but Galileo

was credited for the discovery of Jupiter.

Jupiter is the fourth brightest thing in the night

sky, so ancient astronomers used their knowledge

based off of that.

DISTANCE FROM THE SUN

It is the fifth planet in our Solar System

Perihelion: 740,742,598 km or 4.951 558 43 AU

Aphelion: 816,081,455 km or 5.455 167 59 AU

JUPITER’S ORBIT

It takes 11.86 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.

(4,332 days).

A DAY ON JUPITER

A day on Jupiter lasts about 9 hours and 55

minutes. (About 10 hours.)

APPEARANCE

When you look at Jupiter, you see lots of beige

colors, along with some red and orange. It is very

cloudy, and its rings are hard to see.

It does not have any life that we know of.

MOONS AND RINGS

Jupiter has 66 named moons.

Jupiter has 4 known rings.

SURFACE

Jupiter has many poisonous clouds, a strong

gravitational pull, lots of gas clouds, and its famous

“Red Spot”. Its composition it a bit of a mystery, but

its core is most likely very dense and metallic.

ATMOSPHERE

89% Hydrogen

10% Helium

1% Other