2. Jupiter
•The largest planet in the Solar system.
•The fifth planet in our Solar system.
•It is also known as “Gas Giant”.
•The fourth biggest object in the solar
system.
3. STATISTICS
Distance from the Sun 778, 412, 020 km ( 483, 682, 810 mi )
Diameter 142, 800 km ( 88, 736 mi )
Mass 1.90 𝑥 1027
kg
Rotation 9.8 hours
Revolution 12 years
Tilt of Axis 3.1°
Gravity 23.12 𝑚/𝑠2
Rings 3
Moons 67
5. Physical Characteristics, Compositions and
Structures
•The most massive planet in the Solar System
•The colorful bands of Jupiter are arrange in dark
belts and Light Zones.
•The white clouds in the zones are made of
crystal frozen ammonia while darker clouds
made of other chemical found in the belt.
6. Great Red Spot
•A giant hurricane like
storm seen for more
than 350 years. And
its widest, the Great
Red Spot is three
times the diameter of
the Earth.
7. Atmospheric Composition
• ( 89.9% ) hydrogen , ( 10.2 % ) helium, methane, ammonia, hydrogen, deuteride, ethane, water,
ammonia ice aerosols, water ice aerosols, ammonia hydrosulfide aerosols.
• Largest planetary atmosphere in the solar system
Magnetic field
• 20, 000 times stronger than Earth.
Chemical Composition
• Has a dense core of uncertain composition which surrounded by a helium-rich layer of fluid
metallic hydrogen that wrapped up in an atmosphere primarily made of molecular hydrogen.
Internal Structure
• A core less than 10 times Earth’s ass
• Surrounded by a layer of fluid metallic hydrogen extending out to 80 to 90 % of the diameter of
the planet
• Enclosed in an atmosphere mostly made of gaseous and liquid hydrogen.
8. ORBIT & ROTATION
• Average distance from the sun: 483,
682, 810 miles ( 778, 412, 020 km).
By Comparison: 5.203 times that of
Earth
• Perihelion ( closet approach to the sun
): 460, 276, 100 miles (app. 740, 742,
600 km ).
By Comparison: 5.036 times that of
Earth.
• Aphelion ( farthest distance from the
sun ): 507, 089, 500 miles ( app.816,
081, 400 km ).
By Comparison: 5.366 times that of
Earth.
9. JUPITER'S MOON
• Jupiter has at least 67 moons, which are often named the
Roman god's many lovers.
• Galileo Galilei discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter
known as Galilean Satellites.
• FOUR LARGEST MOONS OF JUPITER
12. The four largest moons
1. Io
• It is the innermost in the four Galilean moons of Jupiter with the diameter of 3,642 km
• It is the largest moon in the solar system.
• It is the most volcanically active body in the solar system.
• As IO orbits Jupiter, the planet's immense gravity causes 'tides' in Io's solid surface that
rise 300 feet ( 100 meters ) high, generating enough heat for volcanic activity.
2. EUROPA
• It is the second closest to Jupiter and the smallest measuring 3121.6 km in diameter that
is slightly smaller than moon.
• The frozen crust of Europa is made up mostly of water ice.
• It may hide a liquid ocean holding twice
13. 3. GANYMEDE
• It is the largest moon in the solar system.
• It is larger even than Mercury and Pluto.
• It is the only moon known to have its own magnetic field.
4. CALLISTO
• Second largest between the four measuring 4820.6 km in diameter.
• It is the third largest moon in the solar system.
• The lowest reflectivity or albedo of the four Galilean Moons.
14. Jupiter’s Rings
• Ring of Jupiter are
made up of small bits
of dust unlike in
Saturn are mostly
made of ice
• Jupiter has three
rings discovered by
NASA’s Voyager 1
around the planet’s
equator last 1979
15. Three rings of Jupiter are:
1.Main ring
2.Inner cloud-like
ring
3.Gossamer ring
16. Jupiter’s Rings
Main ring
-main ring is flattened
-it is about 20 miles (30km) thick and more than 4000 miles
(6400km) wide
Inner cloud-like ring
-inner cloud-like ring is also called halo
-it is about 12000 miles (2000km) thick
-it extends halfway from the main ring down to the planet’s
cloud tops and expands by interaction with Jupiter’s magnetic field
-these first two rings are composed of small, dark particles
17. Gossamer ring
-these ring is actually of three
rings of microscopic debris from three
of Jupiter’s moons namely Amalthea,
Thebe and Adrastea
-it is probably made up of dust
particles less than 10 microns in
diameter (same size of the particles
found in cigarette smoke)
-it extends to an outer edge of
about 80,000 miles (129,000km) from
the center of the planet and inward to
about 18,600 miles (30 000km)
18. Research and Exploration
-it has seven missions have flown in Jupiter namely:
1. Pioneer 10
2. Pioneer 11
3. Voyager 1
4. Voyager 2
5. Cassini
6. Ulysses
7. New Horizons
19. • Pioneer 10- revealed how dangerous Jupiter’s radiation belt
• Pioneer 11- provided data on the great Red Spot and close-up pictures of its polar region
• Voyager 1 & 2- helped astronomers create the first detailed maps of the Galilean satellites
-discovered Jupiter’s rings
-revealed sulfur volcanoes on Io
-saw lightning in Jupiter’s clouds
• Ulysses- discovered the solar wind
• New Horizons- took close-up pictures of Jupiter and its largest moons
• Juno- new spaceflight mission
- reach the planet in 2016
- study Jupiter from a polar orbit to figure out how the rest of the solar system formed
20.
21. JUPITER’S GRAVITATIONAL IMPACT IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM
• The gravity of Jupiter is the most intense in the solar system.
• The gravity of Jupiter is 2.5 times what it is here in Earth.
• The gravity of Jupiter affects every planet to one degree or another. It
is strong enough to tear asteroids apart and capture 64 moons at
least.
22. POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON JUPITER
• Jupiter's environment is probably not conducive to life as we know it.
The temperatures, pressures and materials that characterize this
planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organisms to adapt
to.
• While planet Jupiter is an unlikely place for living things to take hold,
the same is not true of some of its many moons. Europa is one of the
likeliest places to find life elsewhere in our solar system. There is
evidence of a vast ocean just beneath its icy crust, where life could
possibly be supported.
• There has been much speculation that any life on Jupiter, or on
other gas giants, might be ammonia-based life.
