Jupiter
Jupiter
means:
In astronomy mythology,
Jupiter known as Zeus in Greece over
threw his father Saturn to become king of the gods. He
then split the Universe with his brothers Neptune and
Pluto
.
How much would you weigh on Jupiter?
If you traveled to Jupiter on vacation
you would be very heavy. If you weigh 70 pounds on the
Earth, on Jupiter you would weigh 185 pounds.
The Planet:
Jupiter's great red spot visible in the
picture to the right is where a giant storm has been
raging for at least 300 years. It's super hurricane
winds blow across an area larger than the Earth.
This giant planet has no solid surface.
Under it's atmosphere is a large liquid ocean of
hydrogen and water. What lies in between that ocean and
the atmosphere? Actually there is no in between. The
atmosphere slowly gets thicker and thicker until it
becomes part of the ocean. In other words Jupiter's
ocean has no surface on which you could float a boat.
The sky slowly becomes the ocean.
Moons:
Jupiter has 28 moons. Their names are
Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede,
Callisto, Sinope, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke,
Carme, Pasiphae W1302, W1700, W1704, W1704_2, W1800,
W1903_s, W1805, W1902, W1904, W2002_2, and W1700_2.