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The Outer Planets Jupiter and saturn. By: Sheralynne, Angela, Brennon. Jupiter. Jupiter has 50 official moons and 12 unofficial moons. Io, Europa , Ganymede and Callisfo are the most well known moons. Jupiter is 1318 times bigger than the Earth.
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The OuterPlanetsJupiter and saturn By: Sheralynne, Angela, Brennon
Jupiter • Jupiter has 50 official moons and 12 unofficial moons. • Io, Europa , Ganymede and Callisfo are the most well known moons. • Jupiter is 1318 times bigger than the Earth. • Jupiter is 483 million miles from the sun. • Jupiter has 3 rings. They are called Gossamer, Main and Halo. • If you travel to Jupiter, you would be very heavy. • Jupiter is a large planet, so it has more gravity.
Jupiter • Jupiter’s darkest spot is where a giant storm has been going on for 300 years. • The darkest spot is also known as “The Eye of Jupiter”. • Jupiter is the third brightest planet in the solar system. • It takes about 4332 days to make 1 orbit around the sun. • Over 1 400 Earths could fit inside Jupiter. • Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in the solar system • Jupiter spins really fast, it only take 10 hours to go from day to night
Jupiter • Jupiter is a very stormy planet. • Most of the storms on Jupiter seem to never end. • Jupiter’s rings are very faint. You could only see the rings if Jupiter passes in front of the Sun. • More than 1000 Earths can fit inside Jupiter • Jupiter doesn’t have belts. • It takes 11 Earth years and 86 Earth days to make 1 orbit around the sun. • It takes 9 hours and 55 minutes for it to make a full rotation on its axis. • Jupiter was explored by the Pioneer 10 and 11,Voyageur 1 and 2, Ulysses and Galileo.
Saturn • Saturn is 744 times bigger than the Earth. • It is 888 million miles away from the sun. • It’s the second largest planet. • Saturn has 53 official moons and 3 unofficial moons. • It takes 10 hours and 13 minutes to make one rotation. • The most well known moon is Titan. • Titan is the second largest moon next to Jupiter’s Ganymede. • Its magnetic field is extremely strong. • Saturn is the furthest planet from Earth that can be seen without the help of a telescope.
Saturn • Saturn is not perfectly round like the other planets. • Saturn is wider in the middle and more thin near its top and bottom. • Saturn is made up of mostly hydrogen and helium. • Saturn also happens to be the root word of Saturday. • Saturn is big enough to hold more than 760 Earths. • If you put Saturn on the water it would float because of the hydrogen. • Saturn doesn’t have belts. • It takes 29 Earth years and 29 Earth days to make 1 orbit around the sun. • The Pioneer 11 , Voyageur 1 and 2 and Cassini-Huygens explored it.
Saturn’s Rings • Saturn’s rings are very thin. • Saturn was also known as “The Ring Planet” and “the Lord of Rings”. • Saturn’s rings are the A-ring, • B-ring • C-ring • D-ring • E-ring • F-ring • The Cassini Division separates rings B and A • The main rings are A,B and C • Saturn’s rings are made out of ice, dust and rocks • The Encke Division splits the A-ring • The divisions are the Cassini Division, • Encke Division • Keeler Division • Maxwell Division • The Divisions are named after the people who discovered them.
