Jupiter Research Paper

Jupiter the biggest planet in our solar system! It is the 5th planet from the sun. It is the 4th brightest planet. Jupiter was first discovered by Pioneer 10. After Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Ulysses visited Jupiter. Jupiter is mostly made up of gases. Jupiter has a combination of hydrogen and helium. With traces of water, Methane, Ammonia and rock. Jupiter has a similar composition to Saturn but Jupiter most likely has a core of rocky material. Jupiter has a mass 1.8986*10(27) kilograms. Jupiter has a high velocity wind which are confined in the wide bands of latitude. There is a slight chemical and temperature difference between different bands. Light colored bands are called zones while dark colored bands are called belts. Jupiter interior core is probably about 20,000 Kelvin. Even though Jupiter is not big enough to produce its own energy by nuclear fusion (a nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy). But Jupiter probably causes convection deep within Jupiter’s liquid layers. Jupiter has a huge magnetic field, much stronger than Earth’s. Jupiter’s magnetosphere extents more than six-hundred fifty million kilometers. Jupiter magnetosphere is not spherical. Jupiter's new belt is approximately …show more content…
Lo- moon. Lo is about 4.5 billion years old-same as Jupiter. Lo is the fifth moon from Jupiter. Lo is slightly larger than Earth’s moon. Lo is tidally locked, so the same side always faces Jupiter. Lo’s surface temperature averages about minus two hundred two degrees fahrenheit. But oddly enough Io's volcanos can reach to three thousand degrees fahrenheit. The interior of Lo is composed of an iron or iron sulfide core and a brown silicate outer layer. Lo is very volcanic. Volcanic activity is a result of lo being stretched out and squeezed as it orbits Jupiter. Lo volcanic activity is similar to Earth’s oceans react to the moon. Io's atmosphere contains mostly sulfur