In the solar system of the Milky Way, there are various kinds of celestial objects, including the sun, planets, comets and meteorites with the sun as the center of the solar system. moreover, the sun itself is surrounded by planets.
What are planets?
Planets are celestial bodies that revolve around the sun with a certain trajectory and speed.
In our solar system, there are eight planets that orbit or revolve around the sun. If ordered by the closest distance from the sun, the planets start with Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Each of these planets has very significant differences. One of them is Jupiter which is the largest planet in the solar system.
For that, this time Popmama.com will discuss facts about Jupiter. Listen and tell the kids, Mom!
1. Jupiter is the largest planet
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Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system with a diameter of 142,984 kilometers. This size is equal to 11 earths put together.
Reporting from Nasa Solar System Exploration, Jupiter’s size is twice as large as the combined seven planets in the solar system.
This enormous size makes Jupiter visible from Earth even though it is far away. Jupiter can look like a star. This is because Jupiter is the second brightest planet after Venus.
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2. Jupiter has rings
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The ringed planet is identical to Saturn, but Jupiter also has rings around it.
Jupiter’s rings are not as big as Saturn’s. The rings come from the remnants of material from satellites orbiting around Jupiter
Jupiter’s rings are divided into three parts. The innermost part is called the halo. The center of the ring is the brightest main part. The outermost ring is called the gossamer ring.
The ring extends up to 225,000 kilometers from the planet and has a thickness of 2,000-12,500 kilometers.
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3. Jupiter has the shortest day
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Among the other planets in the solar system, Jupiter has the shortest day, which is only 9 hours 55 minutes 30 seconds Earth time. It can be concluded, one day on Jupiter is equal to half a day on earth.
This is because Jupiter has an orientation speed of 12.6 kilometers per second. Very fast isn’t it?
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4. Jupiter’s revolution time is longer than Earth’s
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Even though Jupiter rotates rapidly, the planet apparently takes longer to evolve than Earth. A planetary revolution is the time it takes a planet to go around the sun in its orbit. Revolution can also be said to take 1 year of the planet.
It takes Jupiter 11.8 Earth years to orbit the sun. This is because Jupiter is farther from the sun than Earth. So, Jupiter has a longer orbit than Earth, so its revolution time is longer.
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5. Jupiter’s atmosphere
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Jupiter has a layered atmosphere. Reporting from Space.com, Jupiter’s atmosphere is composed of 90 percent hydrogen gas, almost 10 percent helium gas and a small amount of ammonia, sulfur, methane and water vapor.
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6. Jupiter’s surface cannot be stepped on
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Unlike Earth, Jupiter’s surface is completely immovable. This is because most of the planets are made up of gases and liquids. If anyone stood on its surface, they would immediately fall into the core (Jupiter’s belly).
Due to its distance from the sun, Jupiter’s surface is colder than Earth’s
Reporting from NASA, the temperature on Jupiter’s surface is -145 degrees Celsius while the core temperature is around 24,000 degrees Celsius which is even hotter than the sun’s surface.
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7. Has the phenomenon of The Great Red Spot
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The Great Red Spot is an anticyclonic phenomenon, where there is a very large and persistent rotation of storm winds.
Reported by NASA Solar System Exploration, Jupiter’s storms are called red spots. The storm has a diameter of 24,000 kilometers with a height of 12-14,000 kilometers. The magnitude of the storm is equivalent to three times the planet Earth, you know.
Hurricanes on Jupiter were first discovered by Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini in 1665. Allegedly, the storm was formed due to the fast rotation of the planet Jupiter about its own rotation axis.
Now, after 354 years, the storm is actually still on Jupiter, but its size is shrinking little by little.
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8. Have many satellites
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Jupiter has 79 satellites, 53 have been confirmed and 26 are still being studied.
If we could stand on Jupiter’s surface, we could see dozens of moons in the sky. This is because Jupiter has many satellites.
It is the same as when we are on earth, we see one moon at night because the earth has only one satellite.
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9. Jupiter once protected the earth
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Jupiter is the planet with the strongest gravity in the solar system. Because of its strong gravity, Jupiter will damage comets, meteorites, and asteroids that pass nearby.
This is very beneficial for Jupiter and the planets around it, including Earth.
As happened in 1994, when the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was predicted to hit the earth. However, fortunately before hitting the earth, this comet first passed Jupiter which has strong gravity. Jupiter then pulled the comet closer to him. Finally, instead of crashing into Earth, the comet hit Jupiter.
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