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15 Cards in this Set
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unusual motion
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fast differential rotation
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rotation period
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9h 50 m at equator- about 6 minutes longer at poles
a solid object cannot spin at different rates |
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radius
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11 earth's
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volume
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1331 earth's
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density
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1330 kg/m^3 / jovian
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interior (based on models)
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enormous temperatures (up to 40,000 K) and pressure (50 mill times earth's)
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interior
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rocky core, metallic hydrogen (currents here produce the strongest magnetic field)
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surface
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actually the upper cloud layers
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appearance
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the fast rotation causes the clouds to form bands around the planet
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other features of cloud layers
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typical colors are bright yellow, orange, and red
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great red spot
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a 'hurricane' on jupiter that is stable and always present
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magnetic field
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LARGEST planetary structure in solar system
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interior heat
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heat left over from the formation of the planet
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probes
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voyager I and II and galileo
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moons
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4 galilean moons (IO, Europa, Gallimine, Callisto)
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