Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter, known as Zeus in Greek mythology, Zeus overthrew his father Saturn to become the king of the gods. Then the world was shared with his brothers Neptune and Pluto. Jupiter is famous for its red stain. This famous red spot is famous for its raging gas storms, which gives it an impressive and even frightening and terrible sight. As the planet moves very, very fast, it will beat the atmosphere and create bands around all over the planet. It has louds which are colorful but do not be fooled the clouds are made up of deadly toxic gas.
10 Interesting facts about Jupiter for children
Jupiter has many furious storms on the surface, particularly the great red spot, which is the largest hurricane in our solar system. For more than three hundred years, this is the biggest hurricane to ho have existed.
Jupiter has no solid surface, so it is a gaseous planet. The atmosphere is slowly becomes more and more thick until it becomes the ocean. In other words, the ocean of Jupiter does not have a surface on which a ship could float. By virtue of its environment is a large ocean of liquid hydrogen and water. Jupiter is like a massive emptiness. It absorbs all comets, asteroids and meteorites that would otherwise be on our way. Somehow Jupiter is like our Superman saves us from danger many of us are not even aware of.
Jupiter has rings like Saturn, but it can be seen as well. You can see these rings of Jupiter passing when it passes near the sun as the light shines on it, so we can see here on Earth. There are three rings and are called spider’s, main and halo
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is so large that more than 1,300 of the earth could fit into it. That is so huge all people on earth could fit on it and still it will be virtually impossible to find one another, what a great planet to play hide and seek.
Jupiter has 50 moons. The four largest were discovered by Galileo in 1610th their names are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Some of the other moons are Adrasteia, Ananke, Carme, Elara, Hymalia, Leda, Lysithea, Metis, Pasiphae, Sinope and Tebe. Four of these moons are larger than Pluto.
Jupiter is the fastest planet in the solar system. Points made from Jupiter’s equator are over 4,600 km away from the center of the poles. In other words, the polar radius of planetary measurements (or 10,517 of the earth) at 66 854 ± 10 km, while its diameter ± 4 km at the equator, 71,492 (or 11,209 in the world) is. This rapid rotation can also generate a strong magnetic field of Jupiter and the dangerous radiation around them.
Despite its size and mass, Jupiter moves quickly. In fact, at a speed of 12.6 km / s or 45300 kilometers per hour (28.148 mph), the planet takes only about 10 hours to complete a complete rotation about its axis, and because Rotates so fast, the planet has flattened slightly at the poles and protuberances in its Equator. Jupiter takes 9 hours and 55 minutes in rotation on its axis. This means that one day is less than 10 hours in Jupiter.
The magnetic field of Jupiter is 14 times stronger than the earth – the compass would work on Jupiter. This is because it has the strongest magnetic field in the solar system. Astronomers believe that the magnetic field by Foucault currents – is generated inside the liquid metal hydrogen nucleus that is, vortex motion of conductive materials. This magnetic field captures sulfur dioxide particles from Ios volcanic eruptions, which produce ions of sulfur and oxygen. Together with the hydrogen ions in Jupiter’s atmosphere, they form a plasma sheet in the Jupiter-equatorial plane.
Jupiter is the third brightest Planet you can see with your eyes. Chances are, if you are you have seen a very bright star in the sky but you had no idea it was jupiter. Get your hands on a pair of binoculars, and if you know someone with a telescope, which is even better. With an even modest increase, you can even activate small points of light that are your Galilean moons. Just think, you will see exactly what Galileo did when he looked at the 1610th planet
The red spot on Jupiter is as big as Earth is equal to three earths put together. The Great Red Spot of Jupiter is one of its most well-known properties. This persistent anticyclonic storm, which lies south of the equator, measures 24,000 kilometers in diameter and 12 and 14,000 km in altitude. As such, it is large enough to accommodate two or three planets to contain the size of the Earth’s diameter. And the place has been there for at least 350 years since its discovery in the 17th century.
The average temperature in the tops of the clouds of Jupiter is -148⁰C. Well that’s seriously hot it is almost as one would describe hell. In the center of this furious planet is a rocky nucleus. It is a little bigger than Earth, but it weighs 20 times than Earth.
Conclusion
Jupiter is one big planet with many features, it would have been nice if it was possible to make a school science trip to Jupiter so that you can see it up and close. Though with the many life threatening characteristics of Jupiter it is certain that if you get close to it you will be sucked right in and that will mean the end of you. Thanks to our genius scientist they devised ways in which we can still learn about Jupiter without risking our life. I have provided links bellow for you to click and have lots of fun learning about this humongous red planet.
