Saturday, November 7, 2015

This is a picture of Jupiter. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter's atmosphere is very similar to that of the sun's atmosphere. Jupiter's physical characteristics consist of dark and light belts. The reason these bands exist is because the winds speeds on Jupiter get to such a high speed. There are also white clouds in this area are made up of crystals of frozen ammonia. Jupiter is also known for having a "Great Red Spot." The "Great Red Spot" came about almost 300 years ago due to a hurricane-like storm. The Greeks named Jupiter after the Greek king Zeus. Zeus was known for being the king of the Greek pantheon. In 1610, Galileo discovered Jupiter's four major moons. The four major moons are lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
http://nineplanets.org/jupiter.html

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