General facts
The fifth planet from the sun.
What is Jupiter?
A planet (like Jupiter) that is too far away from the sun to get much heat from it.
What is a cold planet?
The stripes that are seen crossing Jupiter.
What are cloud storms?
Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
What are Galilean Moons?
The Roman's king of gods...the god of sky and of thunder.
Who was Jupiter?
A force that pulls so strongly that most comets and asteroids eventually hit Jupiter instead of Earth.
What is gravitational pull?
A planet (like Jupiter) that produces its own heat just like the sun; however, its heat is tiny in comparison to the sun.
What is a "little sun?"
These are very thin and the light that Jupiter reflects from the sun makes them difficult to see.
What are Jupiter's rings?
The biggest moon in our solar system. This moon is bigger than Mercury and is known to have its own internally generated magnetic field.
What is Ganymede?
In 1989, this unmanned spacecraft began its 6 year journey to Jupiter.
What is Spacecraft Galileo?
the other planets in our solar system could fit into it.
How big is Jupiter?
These two gases mostly make up Jupiter.
What are helium and hydrogen?
10 hours for Jupiter to rotate 1 time.
What is the rotation time of Jupiter?
The smallest and smoothest of the Galilean Moons.
What is Europa?
NASA engineers often use this to propel spacecraft into outer space.
What is gravity assist?
484 million miles away.
What is Jupiter's distance from the sun?
A giant storm that travels around the planet Jupiter.
What is the Big Red Spot?
...On Jupiter, this is only 5 hours.
What is nighttime on Jupiter?
m.The most colorful, yet stinky moon in the solar syste
What is Io?
Not a terrestrial planet.
What is a "gas giant?"
Used to observe Jupiter's storms since at least 1665.
What is the telescope?
12 Earth years.
What is a Jovian year? Or, how long does it takes Jupiter to orbit the sun?
The largest of the Galilean moons and is also known as Valhalla. It is a huge ball of ice and boulders.
What is Callisto?
Upon completion of its mission to Jupiter, scientists programmed this spacecraft to crash into Jupiter.
What is Spacecraft Galileo?