Jupiter and its Galilean Moons By: Logan Brink Astronomy 101 April 19‚ 2011 The solar system is an intriguing place. There are objects in our solar system that have unfathomable beauty; a few of these beautiful objects being Jupiter and its four Galilean moons. Jupiter is one of the most interesting bodies in the solar system‚ so it makes sense that its four largest moons are equally fascinating. The Galilean moons are some of the most curious bodies in our solar system. From dead worlds to
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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
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The depiction of Jupiter‚ also known as Zeus‚ takes on many different forms depending on the author and timeframe in which we are examining him. Throughout the article “Jupiter in Ovid’s Metamorphoses” Charles Segal juxtaposes Ovid’s characteristics of Jupiter amongst that of other prominent poets of comparative eras‚ Homer and Virgil. Ovid’s Jupiter appears to have immense anger and abrupt displays of power that acquire a high level of violence. With these two attributes overlapping‚ Ovid portrays
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Jupiter’s Climate Director Jupiter’s climate is very different to the climate on Earth‚ as well as the temperature that are much colder. Jupiter is a gaseous planet and so it does not have a solid surface‚ because of it being made out of gas it technically has no surface. Temperatures range from high to low on Jupiter because of all the types of gases and layers that they are in‚ such as the upper atmosphere where it is colder and increases closer to the center. At the top of Jupiter’s clouds the
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Jupiter Jupiter‚ the largest planet in our solar system shines brightly in the nighttime sky. Named after the supreme Roman God‚ Jupiter is an appropriate name for a planet of massive size; about eleven times Earth’s diameter; and numerous raging storms. In Roman mythology‚ Jupiter is the God that overthrew his tyrannical father‚ Saturn‚ and quickly took his place as the supreme ruler of the heavens. Many Roman temples were erected in honor of Jupiter‚ the God of storms‚ truth‚ justice and order
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Jupiter is a gas giant. This means that it has a huge atmosphere‚ a liquid mantle‚ and a liquid / solid core‚ with no definite boundary between the layers. The core of Jupiter is probably composed of liquid rock‚ at a temperature as high as 24‚000 K (43‚000 °F). The core is small relative to the planet‚ about 20% of its radius‚ but it is still fifteen times heavier than the Earth. Next comes a layer of liquid hydrogen that is under the pressure of 10‚000‚000 Earth atmospheres. This changes the
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\section{Composition of Jupiter} Jupiter is largest planet in our solar system‚ it has got four planet size moons‚ when Galileo discovered Jupiter’s four large moons: Io‚ Europa‚ Ganymede and Callisto‚ now known as the Galilean moons.Jupiter resembles a star in composition. In fact‚ if it had been about eighty times more massive‚ it would have become a star rather than a planet. Jupiter has got a count of total moon of 49. Jupiter unlike wise the Earth does not have a solid surface. In Jupiter‚ clouds made
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Shoemaker is a comet that hit the planet Jupiter in July of 1994. It was discovered by three expert comet detectors‚ Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker‚ and David Levy‚ in 1992. The comet originated its name by its discoverers the “Shoemaker- Levy 9: Comet”. As information came it they started to realize that the comet had been orbiting Jupiter and not the Sun itself. They discovered that the comet might have even been orbiting the planet as late as the year 1966. The impacts ended up being a multi-day
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Physical Science Ann Miller Final Paper 2/23/06 The Search for Life in Outer Space For years‚ astronomers‚ scientists of all kinds‚ and even average people have wondered if there is such thing as life on other planets. Many dedicate all of their time to researching extraterrestrial life. Some believe researching something we have no proof of is a waste of time. Modern day telescopes have detected Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby stars. An ancient
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The Speed of Light and the Moons of Jupiter Introduction: In this lab we focused on the eclipses of the moon Io of Jupiter. Galileo was the first to discover the four moons of Jupiter and since then astronomers have discovered the orbital periods of them‚ 1.8 days being approximately Io’s. It was also noted that these moons disappeared and reappeared at certain points in their orbit. This was because when the moons were behind Jupiter they were not able to reflect light. In this lab we had
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