Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
Because the orbit of Jupiter is outside the Earth's, the phase angle of Jupiter as viewed from the Earth never exceeds 11.5°.
Jupiter has the fastest orbit of all the planets, just 10 Earth hours to complete a whole run.
A huge violent hurricane blows non-stop around Jupiter called the Great Red Spot. Three or four Earths could fit inside it.
The Galilean Moons are the biggest moons on Jupiter, discovered by astronomer Galileo Galilei, which includes Io, Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system, even bigger than the planet Mercury.
Really interesting, Ollie but I dont understand the bit about the phase angle. What does that mean?
ReplyDeleteDoes the Hurricane around Jupiter have a name,...boy or girls name??. If not what do you think it should be called??
ReplyDeleteHere is an idea of what phase angle means.
ReplyDeletephase: a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle