Jupiter

Jupiter

Planet Order: 5 from the Sun


Distance From the Sun: 778.33 million Km


Mass: 1.9x10²⁷ Kg          Diameter: 142.984 Km


Rotation: 9hours50mins         


Revolution: 11.9 Earth years


# of Moons: 63               Terrestrial or Jovian: Jovian


Planet Description:


Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. Also the home of the largest storm ever observed. Your can see the Great Red Spot on the surface of Jupiter easily. Its wind blow up to 400 Km per hour in it, lightning hundreds of time more powerful than in any Earth storm. Jupiter has 4 major moons: IO, Europa, Callisto, Ganymede and has other small moons. It's mostly hydrogen and helium mixing with ammonia,methane and sulfur to form colorful swirling clouds. Jupiter has a monster magnetic field.


2 Interesting Facts:

• Jupiter's volume is large enough to contain 1,300 planets the size of Earth.
• Jupiter rotates faster than any planet in the Solar System so that the days are only 9hours50mins long.