JUPITER

JUPITER'S MASS

• 1.89813 x 10^27 kilograms
• JUPITER'S atmosphere is made up of hydrogen and helium
• JUPITER'S diameter is 86,881 miles

JUPITER FACTS

• Jupiter orbits the sun once every 11.8 earth years (4,333) earth days
• Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system
• Jupiter has a thin ring system
• JUPITER'S moon is bigger than mercury
• Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the solar system

JUPITER'S THIN RING SYSTEM

• Composed of dust particles
• The ring begins 92,000 km above JUPITER'S cloud tops
• The ring stretches more than 225,000 km from the planet
• It's between 2,000 to 12,500 kilometers thick

JUPITER'S RED SPOT

• The red spot on Jupiter is a storm
• The spot is the size of 2 or 3 Earths
• It has been raging for hundreds of years
• Units winds can reach up to 425 mph
• Rotates counter-clockwise

JUPITER'S DISTANCE

• 483,800,000 miles away from the sun
• 365 million miles away from earth
• It takes 13 months to go to Jupiter

JUPITERS TEMPERATURE

• Minus 234 degrees fehrenhite
• Minus 145 degrees Celsius
• You can't live on Jupiter