Jupiter Research Paper
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is twice as large as all the other planets combined. It has 28 known satellites. The earliest discovered moons date back to 1610 and were discovered by Galileo. This is of interest because a future mission to Jupiter is named after this astronomer. Most of the remaining moons were discovered in the 20th century with advancement of technology. Some are discovered using better telescopes and others with missions directed towards Jupiter. Some of the more recently discovered moons are yet to be named. All that we know of Jupiter couldn 't possibly have come form just observation. Some have come by spacecraft passing by Jupiter on their way to other missions and some of the most comprehensive
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-Discovered a ring around Jupiter.
-And many other highly technical things that are not understood by the average Joe. (4)
Ulysses was launched in October of 1990. It first did a Jupiter swing by in February of 1992 and now orbits the planet once every 6 years. It is using a heliospheric orbit, which means that its orbits around the north and south pole in about a year and then completes its 6 yearlong oval orbit away from the planet. It primary mission was to investigate, as a function of solar latitude, the properties of the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field, of galactic cosmic rays and neutral interstellar gas, and to study energetic particle composition and acceleration. It was launched by the European Space Agency. (5)
The last mission launched towards Jupiter is the Galileo mission. The Galileo mission consists of two spacecraft: an orbiter and an atmospheric probe. They were launched from the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1989. They wee actually launched in the opposite direction towards the inner solar system instead of the outer. They were launched towards the sun to use the gravity of Venus and the Earth to gain enough velocity to be able to reach their destination of Jupiter. They also made it as far out into the solar system as to observe the asteroid belt. They were able to make all of these observations while on their way to their primary mission. That mission was to send …show more content…
It was also the first to go into orbit around the planet. It also observed the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact Jupiter. Which was the first direct observation of a comet impacting any planet.
-Discovered a ring around Jupiter.
-And many other highly technical things that are not understood by the average Joe. (4)
Ulysses was launched in October of 1990. It first did a Jupiter swing by in February of 1992 and now orbits the planet once every 6 years. It is using a heliospheric orbit, which means that its orbits around the north and south pole in about a year and then completes its 6 yearlong oval orbit away from the planet. It primary mission was to investigate, as a function of solar latitude, the properties of the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field, of galactic cosmic rays and neutral interstellar gas, and to study energetic particle composition and acceleration. It was launched by the European Space Agency. (5)
The last mission launched towards Jupiter is the Galileo mission. The Galileo mission consists of two spacecraft: an orbiter and an atmospheric probe. They were launched from the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1989. They wee actually launched in the opposite direction towards the inner solar system instead of the outer. They were launched towards the sun to use the gravity of Venus and the Earth to gain enough velocity to be able to reach their destination of Jupiter. They also made it as far out into the solar system as to observe the asteroid belt. They were able to make all of these observations while on their way to their primary mission. That mission was to send …show more content…
It was also the first to go into orbit around the planet. It also observed the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact Jupiter. Which was the first direct observation of a comet impacting any planet.