2. How Big Is Jupiter?
● Jupiter is the largest planet
in our Solar System, being
85,788 miles in diameter.
● If the Sun were as big as a
typical front door, Earth
would be the size of a
nickel, and Jupiter would
be the size of a basketball.
● 1,300 Earths would fit
inside Jupiter if it were
hollow.
3. How Did Jupiter Get Its Name?
● Jupiter is named after the
Roman king of gods,
commanding rain, thunder,
and lightning.
● No one knows who
discovered Jupiter.
● It was known by the
ancients.
4. What Does Jupiter Look Like?
● Jupiter is white, orange,
brown, yellow, and red.
● It has a red spot, which is
actually a giant storm that
has been growing since
1998, where winds can be
up to 384 miles per hour.
● Jupiter actually has very
faint rings, which are made
from gas, dust, rocks, and
ice.
5. Where Is Jupiter?
● Jupiter is 466 million miles
from the Sun.
● It is also one of the outer
planets, being the 5th
planet from the center of
our Solar System.
6. What Is Time On Jupiter Like?
● The length of a year on
Jupiter is equivalent to 12
Earth years.
● A day is only 9 hours and
55 minutes.
● A few of the planets have
seasons like Earth, but
Jupiter doesn’t, because it
spins too fast.
7. What Spacecraft Have Flown By
Jupiter?
● Pioneer 10 first flew by
Jupiter in 1973.
● Later fly-by visits were
Pioneer 11, Voyager 1,
Voyager 2, Ulysses, and
Galileo.
8. What Are Jupiter's Moons?
● Jupiter has 64 moons.
● Its biggest 4 moons are
Europa, Callisto, Io, and
Ganymede. Europa may
have water underneath the
ice on its surface, and Io
has over 400 active
volcanoes.
● Some of Jupiter's other
moons are Amalthea,
Elara, Himalia, Pasiphae,
and Carme.
9. What Is Jupiter Made Out Of?
● The white, orange, brown,
yellow, and red colors on
Jupiter are actually thick
clouds of poisonous
gases.
● Jupiter is not solid. It is
made up of hydrogen and
helium, with traces of
methane, water, ammonia,
and rock.
11. Sources
Slide One: anmascarin.blogspot.com
Slide Two: teachers.district106.net
Slide Three: shapleyblog.edublogs.org
Slide Four: NASA - Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Region
Slide Five: www.planetsforkidsnow.net
Slide Six: NASA - Jupiter From the Ground
Slide Seven: en.wikipedia.org
Slide Eight: NASA - Montage
Slide Nine: blogs.discovermagazine.com
Information found at www.nasa.org and
