Published 15:29 IST, September 19th 2020

A closer look at Jupiter surface pictures and features; check out

Take a closer look at Jupiter surface pictures and learn more about the features and characteristics of the biggest planet of the solar system.

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Jupiter is behemoth of Solar system. It is fifth in line in Solar System and is Largest planet. Jupiter is actually twice size of all or planets put toger.  planet is filled with stripes and swirls of cool, breezing clouds of ammonia and water, floating with likes of hydrogen and helium.

widely popular Great Red Spot on planet of Jupiter is actually a gigantic storm that is bigger than size of earth. This storm has t stopped for hundreds of years w. NASA’s Ju Orbiter is currently only craft exploring Jupiter.

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Jupiter Surface Photos

Here is a closer look at Jupiter surface pictures

 

Ims sourced from solarsystem.nasa.gov

Jupiter Surface Features

  • According to solarsystem.nasa.gov, size of Planet is unparalleled. Jupiter is 11 times size of planet earth. If earth were assumed to be size of a marble, n Jupiter would be size of a basketball or a football.
  • Jupiter revolves in an orbit around sun just like every planet in solar system. It is 5th planet in solar system. total distance between Sun and Jupiter is around 778 million kilometers or 484 million miles. It is 5.2 Astromical units from Sun, Earth is just 1 Astromical unit from Sun.
  • A Jovian day is shorter than a standard Earth day. Jupiter takes around 10 hours to rotate and complete a day, compared to 24 hours Earth takes. A Jovian year constitutes approximately 12 Earth years, as that’s amount of time Jupiter takes to complete one revolution around Sun.
  • planet of Jupiter is considered to be a gas giant, It doesn’t have a surface like Earth. It is t kwn clearly if planet has a solid inner core or t, if it does, it is presumed to be size of Earth.
  • atmosphere that surrounds planet Jupiter is quite gassy. atmosphere is filled with molecular hydrogen and atomic helium.
  • Jupiter has a massive amount of moons. Planet is said to have a total of 75 moons revolving around it.
  • Jupiter is found to have a faint ring system. This discovery was made by Voyr craft in 1979. All four behemoths of solar system have a ring surrounding m.
  • A total of nine ships have visited planet Jupiter. Seven of nine have flown by planet and two have orbited it. NASA’s craft Ju Orbiter is latest one and it arrived in 2016.
  • Planet is t kwn to have resources to support life. Jupiter is a cold Lifeless planet. However, some of moons revolving around Jupiter have oceans beneath ir crusts which are believed to have resources to support life.
  • Jupiter has Famous Great Red Spot on it. Spot is actually a storm that has been on planet for more than hundreds of years w. storm is twice size of planet Earth.

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15:29 IST, September 19th 2020