Planet Jupiter

Because Jupiter is a gas giant planet, the rotation of the atmosphere does not necessarily correlate withe the rotation near the core. The equatorial clouds make one spin every 9.84 Earth hours, while the poles are slower at 9.93 Earth hours, and the magnetic field (core) only a tiny bit faster than that.

The term "day" is not really applicable because there is no actual surface on which to stand to observe a sunrise or sunset -- long before hitting rock, an object falling onto Jupiter would strike a deep layer of (very very hot) liquid gases. Below the outer cloud layers, the atmosphere is either dark or extremely dim.

However, applying the periods observed for the equatorialcloud layers, the "Jupiter day" of 9 hr 50.5 Earth minutes, compared to the year which is 4331.572 Earth days (11.86 years) produces a figure of :

* 10563 Jupiter Days in a Jupiter Year *

Jupiter is about 11 Earths wide.

Jupiter takes about 12 Earth Years to orbit the Sun.

Jupiter is the largest planet, and contains 71% of all planetary matter in the solar system.

Its huge gravity pulls every object in the solar system slightly toward it.

Jupiter's days are only about 10 hours long - it rapidly spins, and different latitudes rotate at different speeds within the dense atmosphere.

Jupiter now has 67 known moons. However, the newest ones discovered are no more than 2 to 4 kilometers in diameter.

Because of its immense size, Jupiter may have been a "failed sun" but it is not as massive as the average dwarf star companion.

Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun. It is the largest of the 8 major planets, and has more mass than all the other planets combined. It is a gas giant, with a small rocky core surrounded by an immense gaseous atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, so dense near the core that hydrogen actually becomes solid.

Other facts:

• People could not live on Jupiter, as it has no surface to walk on and no breathable air.
• There are colored cloud bands in the atmosphere, which have various chemical compositions.
• The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is the largest of the storms in the outer atmosphere. They are caused by internal heat, like hurricanes on Earth. The red spot has been there since the time that Galileo Galilei first observed the planet with a telescope, in 1610.
• Jupiter spins the fastest of all planets - it rotates (its day) in just under 10 hours.
• There are faint rings of dust around Jupiter (as with Saturn's icy rings).
• It was named after the primary Roman god (equivalent to Zeus of Greece).
• One of its moons (Io) is the only volcanically active moon in the Solar System. It erupts liquid sulfur onto the surface of the moon.
• The Voyager 1 probe was the first to take close-up pictures of Jupiter in 1979.
• Its average distance from the Sun is 778 million kilometers (484 million miles).
• It has 63 known moons. Most of them are small, but 4 of them (the Galilean moons) are larger than Earth's Moon, and larger than the dwarf planet Pluto.
• Jupiter is is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers in diameter. This is 11 times the diameter of Earth and its volume could hold 318 Earths.
• The planet's magnetic field gives off radio waves that can be detected on Earth.
• It takes 12 Earth years for Jupiter to make one orbit of the Sun.
• it is an average of 34 light-minutes from Earth's orbit to Jupiter's orbit
• Jupiter is still very slowly shrinking because of its excessive gravity.
• One of its satellites (Europa) has an ice-covered ocean of underground water (the only liquid water found other than on Earth) where scientist believe some form of life is possible.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, it also has the biggest moon in our solar system, Ganymede. Jupiter's magnetic field is so strong, that it pours billions of watts into Earth every single day!

Jupiter has 63 moons or satellites also the diameter is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun

The gravity on Jupiter is 2.528 times as strong as on Earth, so a 100 pound person would weigh 252.8 pounds on Jupiter.

1. It is the most massive of the planets;

2. It has the strongest magnetic field of the planets;

3. The planet has no solid surface;

4. The core temperature is 25,000 k;

5. The great red spot is roughly the same diameter as Earth;

6. The atmosphere is made up of mainly Hydrogen and Helium;

7. The first objects in the solar system discovered by means of a telescope were the four brightest satellites of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto);

8. Jupiter is 5th planet from the sun;

9. The planet was named after the Roman King of the Gods;

10. Jupiter is the source of intense bursts of radio noise, at some frequencies occasionally radiating more energy than the Sun.

Five important facts about Jupiter:

1. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It is mostly dense hydrogen, and its mass is more than 2.5 times the mass all of the other planets put together.

2. The swirling colors of Jupiter mark different types of gases, and it has gigantic turbulent storms. One, the Great Red Spot, has lasted at least 350 years and is 3 times as big as the Earth.

3. Jupiter, although huge, spins faster than any of the other planets, with one spin taking less than 10 hours. The rotation is slower near the poles.

4. Jupiter appears as a star-like speck in the sky because it is so far from Earth, between 700 and 800 million kilometers from the Sun. It takes nearly 12 Earth years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.*

5. Jupiter has, like Saturn, more than 60 moons of various sizes, some of which are likely captured asteroids. The largest Jovian moons (Ganymede and Callisto) are bigger than the planet Mercury. Europa, somewhat smaller, is thought to have an underground ocean of liquid water. Io, which is colored a sulfurous yellow, is covered with volcanoes, and is the most geologically active object in the solar system. Jupiter also has a tenuous set of rings that circle along with some moons.

Also:

It takes 4333 Earth days for Jupiter to orbit the Sun.

The asteroid belt, midway between Mars and Jupiter, is regularly perturbed by Jupiter's immense gravity.

A speeding comet broke into fragments that hit Jupiter in 1994, exploding in a series of fireballs that may have had a combined energy release of 6 million megatons of TNT.
*It has quite a lot of gravity to wipe out any object that it approaches.

*It is the largest planet in our solar system

*It has a very large red spot

*The red spot could fit two Earths into it.

*The Great Red Spot is known to be a huge storm

*The storm has been running for about 300 years

*Scientists have known about the spot in the late 1600's

*Known as Zeus in the Greek language

*If you travelled onto Jupiter you would be very heavy for example if you weighed 70 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 185 pounds!

*Jupiter has more than 63 moons
Several interesting facts about Jupiter are these below:

1.)It has the fastest rotating period

2.)The atmoshere contains hydrogen and helium

3.) It has the most moons than any other planet

4.) Some of its moons have water ice

5.) Some of its moons have volcanic activity.
it is very big
One intresting fact is that one of it's moons has life.its close to uranus ;oJupiter has 63 moons or satellites also the diameter is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun

Average ditance from the sun is 778,400,000 its diameter is 142,984 its length of a day measured in earth time is 10 hours its length of a year measured in earth years is 12 years its average surface..

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Jupiter is a gas giant and the largest planet in the Solar System. Its unique feature is its Giant Red Spot. The red spot is a spinning storm, much like a hurricane.