1. By: Marthaline Fallah

2. How Jupiter got its Name
• Jupiter was named after Zeus the
Roman god.

3. Who, How, When, and Where
No one really knows who discovered Jupiter but
the credit of its discovery is given t o Galileo.
It was discovered January 7,1609

4. Distance from the sun
• 5.2 au from the sun
• Minimum: 471 million km
• Maximum: 817 million km

5. Jupiter’s revolution/
Rotation
• Its revolution period is 12 years.
• Its rotation period is 9.8 hours.

6. What it looks like