Jupiter Jupiter is a planet in our Solar System. Like all planets in our Solar System, Jupiter was named by the Romans. The Romans named the planet after their King of Gods – Jupiter. Jupiter was also God of the sky and thunder. Jupiter is the largest object in the sky so that is how Jupiter got its name.
Description Jupiter is 69, 911 km in radius. It has 50 confirmed moons, but has four main moons. Their names are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Jupiter is larger than Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and all the other smaller planets put together. One interesting fact about Jupiter is that you can fit all of the other planets within it. Jupiter has very light, narrow rings. Unlike Saturn, which has bright ice rings, Jupiter has dark rings which are made up of dust and tiny pieces of rock
Composition Jupiter is made of Hydrogen and Helium, Water, Methane and Ammonia. The core is thought to contain Rock and Metallic Hydrogen, but no one definitely knows because it is impossible to get to the core of Jupiter. The temperature on Jupiter is minus 145 degrees Celsius. The atmosphere is mostly Molecular Hydrogen and Helium. Some scientists believe that there is a thin layer of clouds made of water under the Ammonia layer. The theory is based on flashes of lightning. Lightning on Jupiter can be a thousand times as powerful as lightning on Earth. Lightning
Position Jupiter is the fifth planet away from the Sun. Jupiter is between two other planets; Mars and Saturn. Both Saturn and Mars are quite cold planets. In between Mars and Jupiter there is an Asteroid Belt. The Asteroids are mostly made of carbon but the Asteroids further away from the Sun are made of Silicate Rock. Jupiter is 778,500,000 km from the Sun.
Orbit Because Jupiter has a large orbital path around the Sun, one Jupiter year is 11.86 Earth years. The time it takes for Jupiter to rotate on its axis (also known as length of one day) is 9 hours and 56 Earth time. All planets orbit around the Sun while spinning on its axis in a circular motion.
Size in Comparison
There is a Giant Red Spot in Jupiter’s atmosphere which is known to be a massive storm that has been going on for over 400 years. It is like a hurricane on Earth, but it is much larger. It is believed that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is more than twice the size of Earth so that means The Great Red Spot could swallow up Earth. Winds inside the Storm reach speeds of about 270 kilometres an hour. Nobody knows when The Great Red Spot first appeared on Jupiter, but it has been seen on Jupiter ever since people started looking through telescopes about 400 years ago.
Great Red Spot
By Gemma
Mercury
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun. It got its name from the Roman God Mercury. Mercury was very fast, they gave it the name Mercury because it is the fastest God and the first planet (Mercury) is the fastest planet.
The wings represent speed
God Mercury
Description Mercury is 2,440KM in diameter. There are no moons that have been recorded so far. It is the smallest planet in our Solar System. It is known as a terrestrial planet but it has no living life that has been found on Mercury. Standing on its surface at its closest point to the Sun, the Sun would appear three times larger than on Earth. The special feature of this planet is that it’s so close to the Sun.
Mercury at day
Composition Mercury has an Iron core the size of Earth’s moon it also take up 70% of its weight. Sometimes is goes by the name “Iron planet.” On top of the core lies an outer rocky shell that is about 550KM thick from the core. The temperature can range from 173o – 427o. In the atmosphere there are small amounts of Hydrogen, Helium and oxygen. There are also tinier amounts of Sodium, Potassium, calcium and Magnesium.
Iron
Inside of Mercury
Position The distance from the sun to Mercury is 57,910,000KM. But with it being so close to the sun it can reach a scorching temperature 400oc. Mercury is the first planet in the alignment, the minimum distance to the Sun is around 28.5 Million Kilometres and the maximum is 43.5 Million Kilometres.
Mercury
Alignment of the planets
Universe
Orbit The length of one day is 58 Earth days, 15 Earth hours and 30 Earth minuets. It takes Mercury 88 Earth days to orbit the Sun (One year) so its very quick.
Orbit of Mercury
Mercury is the smallest and the closest planet in the Solar System. It is not safe to live, let alone go on it. Scientist don’t believe that is any life on it.
By Mackenzie
SATURN Saturn is a planet in our solar system it is named after are roman god. Saturn is made out of gas.
Description Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system Jupiter is the biggest in our solar system the rings are made out of specks of dirt and specks of dust there are billons pieces of dust and dirt in Saturn rings from earth it might not look like it. From Earth it looks like pieces of gold in Saturn’s rings. Saturn has the most moons in the solar system it has 32 moons the most beautiful moon is titan it is orange and blue when the sun is on it. Saturn is the most beautiful planet in the solar system because of the rings because in other planets they rings but there not as see able as Saturn’s rings.
Composition Saturn is a giant gas planet it has got a lot of types of gases these are the gases that Saturn has 94% hydrogen 6% of helium and amounts of methane and ammonia. The claimant on Saturn is minus 285 Fahrenheit which minus 178 degrees culices
Orbit Saturn is the 6th planet in our solar system. The distance from the sun is 1,433,000,000 km. One day in Saturn is 10h 39mins that is the second shortest in our solar system Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system
one year in Saturn is 10,832 to the sun days in a year that is way longer than earth. Earth is only 365.
One walk around Saturn’s rings is 365,882km that is the biggest ring and the most visible rings because as I said it is made out little specks of dust and there is a lot of dust on Saturn rings it is also made out of dirt I think the dirt comes from the middle of space there is also a lot of dirt on sat rings. Saturn is the best planet Jupiter comes second
By Nathan