The Fifth Planet From The Sun
By: Brittany Powell and
How big is it
• Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system.
• It is so big all the eight of the other planets could fit inside of it if it
• More than 1,300 earths could fit inside Jupiter if it was hallow.
• Jupiter has 39 moons.
• It has the largest moon in the solar system.
• Jupiter's 4 biggest moon was discovered by Galileo.
• The Galilean moons are bigger than some planets.
• Jupiter has 3 rings.
• Its rings are very thin.
• They are made of solar dust and rocky mater.
The Great Red Spot
• The Great Red Spot on Jupiter’s surface is a hurricane.
• The Great Red Spot is so big it could swallow up the earth
• The Great Red Spot is a mystery
• The Great Red Spot is a storm
Spacecraft at Jupiter
• Jupiter has been visited by some unmanned spacecrafts.
• Pioneer 10 in 1973.
• Voyager 1 in 1979
How far is it
• Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun.
• It is 483,000,000 miles away from the sun.
• It takes 12 earth years.
What makes up Jupiter?
• Jupiter is made of gases, hydrogen, and helium.
• It is mostly made of hydrogen.
• The surface is watery.
• The core is rocky and very hot.
Belts and zones
• Jupiter looks striped because of the colorful zones, or bands, that are
separated by dark belts.
• The colors include swirls of blue, orange, rust, yellow, light brown
and white storm clouds.
• Jupiter is one of the 4 outer planets. It is the closest to Earth of all
the outer planets.
• These outer planets are also called Jovian planets, which means
“like Jupiter” because they are made up mostly of whirling gases.
How Jupiter Got Its Name
• Early sky watchers named Jupiter after the Roman king of the gods
and ruler of the sky.
A Day on Jupiter
• Jupiter spins on its axis faster than any other planet.
• One Jupiter day is less than 10 hours.
Collision on Jupiter
• Jupiter was hit by a comet in 1994, which sent giant fountains of gas
thousands of miles into the atmosphere.
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