Studying the Planet Jupiter

Jupiter is a gas planet with a possible chance of a core. On the outside of Jupiter, what we can see, is its atmosphere. Jupiter’s atmosphere is layered. It contains hydrogen, helium (a

It will look deep into Jupiter's atmosphere to measure composition, temperature, cloud motions and other properties. Juno will also map Jupiter's magnetic and gravity fields, revealing the planet's deep structure and also explore and study Jupiter's magnetosphere near the planet's poles, especially the auroras. Jupiter's northern and southern lights which providing new insights about how the planet's enormous magnetic force field affects its atmosphere. Juno will let us take a giant step forward in our understanding of how giant planets form and the role these titans played in putting together the rest of the solar system. Juno will help scientists understand how Jupiter was made. The spacecraft will help them learn how Jupiter has changed, too. The new discoveries can help us understand more about our solar

Galileo spacecraft first discovered the four largest moon of Jupiter, called Io, Europa, Ganymede and Ganymede and Callisto. Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System Atmosphere And Planetary Composition: Temperature Range: The cloud-tops average 120 K=153*C=-244*F. Atmosphere: Jupiter is a gaseous planet; it does not have a solid surface like the Earth does (but probably has a solid, rocky core 10 to 15 times the mass of the Earth). When we look at Jupiter, we are seeing icy clouds of gases moving at high speeds in the atmosphere. Jupiter's atmosphere is composed of about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium.

The scientific objective of the Kepler Mission is to explore the structure and diversity of planetary systems. This is achieved by surveying a large sample of stars to: 1) Determine the abundance of terrestrial and larger planets in or near the habitable zone of a wide variety of stars; 2) Determine the distribution of sizes and shapes of the orbits of these planets; 3) Estimate how many planets there are in multiple-star systems; 4) Determine the variety of orbit sizes and planet reflectivities, sizes, masses and densities of short-period giant planets; 5) Identify additional members of each discovered planetary system using other techniques; 6) Determine the properties of those stars that harbor planetary systems.

In July scientists discovered that Juno had made it to Jupiter. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on august 5, five years ago. In those five years, it has traveled 1.8 billion miles to Jupiter. Currently Juno is in orbit around the large planet. It will hopefully collect enough data to help us better understand the planet.

The articles of Jupiter states that the board operates the daily activities of Jupiter, bears the responsibility to authorize decisions, to appoint the CEO or remove him, makes calls for the capital contributions, and, authorize admission for new joint venture members. Mergers and acquisitions are permitted by eight directors, four from each company. Both companies share profits and losses of Jupiter according to their ownership percentage in Jupiter. As a result, both, Saturn and Venus qualify as a VIE.

Jupiter is a giant gas planet in our solar system. Jupiter is 1300 times the size of Earth. Jupiter weights 317.83 times the mass of Earth. (Chown, M.C 2011 Solar System, Touch Press 115-137). Jupiter is only 1.33 times dense than water. Jupiter has a giant red hurricane on its surface which has been active for over 200 years and in more than twice the size of Earth. (Chown, M.C 2011 Solar System, Touch Press 115-137). Jupiter is named after the king of roman god who is also the god of justice. It is a fitting name for the biggest object other than the sun in the solar system. Jupiter’s atmosphere is 96% hydrogen, 3% helium, 0.4% methane, 0.01% ammonia, 0.01% hydrogen Deuteride and 0.0007% ethane. (Chown, M.C 2011 Solar System, Touch Press

Did you know that Jupiter could hold over 1,200 earth's inside it? That it has 67 moons? Or the fact that “Jupiter” is the name of a Roman god that is in charge of all the other Roman gods? Well you probably don't know as much as you thought you did about Jupiter, all the information you need to know about Jupiter is inside these paragraphs, the red dot, the distance from earth, it's moons, and what a gas planet is.

Saturn has fascinated society for hundreds of years being the only planet whose rings are visible from Earth. Because of its distance from the Earth, exploration was not possible until the age of robotic spacecraft. Previous studies of Saturn and its surroundings were limited to data from flybys (Lebreton & Matson 2002). The Cassini Huygens mission consisted of a combination of an orbiter and a probe to fully explore the Saturnian system.

If you get too close to Jupiter and stay in its radiation belt, the radiation can damage the inner instruments, even destroying you if you were inside! Of course that hasn't happened. "Juno" moves in and out of the radiation so it takes less damage. Also, it's

Many questions posed by scientists about Saturn’s atmosphere had gone unanswered for many years, because, like with Jupiter, photos from Earth had not been of high enough quality. The Voyager probes were able to fix that. Information relayed back to Earth from the two probes (which reached Saturn nine months apart, Voyager 1 first in 1980, Voyager 2 in 1981) helped scientists get a much better understanding. Though the atmosphere was expected to be quite similar in composition to the Sun and to Jupiter, Saturn’s atmosphere was actually quite different. There was significantly less Helium in Saturn’s outmost atmosphere, leading to many interesting conclusions, including that heavier Helium was sinking lower in the atmosphere (Voyager- Saturn, NASA). Saturn was also determined to have a lighter density than any other planet and is, in fact, less dense than water. The varying composition of the atmosphere also leant ideas to why Saturn was far warmer than expected, calculating temperature based solely on solar energy, registering between 10 degrees Kelvin at the poles and 143 Kelvin closer to the equator, according to Voyager 1’s radio measurements (these also measured pressure) (Voyager- Saturn, NASA). One of the other things determined by the Voyager probes was the extreme speed of the wind on Saturn. Wind blows at speeds of about 500 meters per second near the equator (Voyager- Saturn,

Many scientists are very excited about Juno's ability to orbit Jupiter. It has gotten closer than

No one could have imagined, back in the mid-sixties, that the exploration of the moons of Jupiter laid not in the next century but only fifteen years ahead. Nor had anyone dreamed of the wonders that would be found there - although we can be quite certain that the discoveries of the twin Voyagers will one day be surpassed by even more unexpected finds. When 2001 was written, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto were mere pinpoints of light in even the most

Uncovering the mysteries of Jupiter is a crucial step for a greater understanding of our Solar System. Being the massive planet that it is, this mysterious planet may hold many answers to how our the Solar System formed and evolved. The understanding of the origins of the universe includes answers even to the formation of Earth itself. Many believe that the research of Jupiter will lead to discoveries on planet formation and the role of giant planets on the formation f stars and other smaller bodies. Mysteries of Jupiter include its composition, what is under its clouds, what is in its core and its magnetic field. Research on the amount of water in the planet will tell us about the

Europa is the sixth of Jupiter's moons and the fourth largest. Europa is named after a Phoenician princess who was abducted by Zeus and taken to the island of Crete to be his lover. Europa was discovered by Galileo Galilei and possibly Simon Marius in 1610 and is one of the four Galilean satellites. The others being: Io, Ganymede, and Callisto. Europa is very different from the other moons of Jupiter. Instead of a rocky, cratered surface like Callisto and Ganymede, it instead has a smooth outer surface of cracked ice. There are very few sign of craters on Europa. In fact, only three large craters have been found. This indicates that Europa's surface is very young and active. In photographs sent back by orbiters, the surface resembles sea ice on Earth. Astronomers believe that beneath this layer of ice may exist an ocean, kept liquid by the moon's internal heat. This liquid ocean could be as much as 30 miles deep. The existence of deep ocean vents on the ocean floor on Earth have led some scientists to speculate that there could be a possibility of life on Europa. Around these deep sea vents on Earth are life forms that do not need sunlight to survive. They instead feed on bacteria that get their nutrients from chemicals seeping up from the ocean floor. This process is known as chemosynthesis. Scientists believe that similar life forms could evolve on Europa if a liquid ocean does indeed exist beneath its frozen surface.