Friday 16 October 2009

Jupiter Facts


10 comments:

rebekah c said...

Jupiter has 63 moons

Mr Gray said...

can you name any of them Rebekah?

Anna:) said...

Here is 10 of the 63 moons
1.Io
2.Europa
3.Ganymede
4.Callis
5.Amalthea
6.Himalia
7.Elara
8.Pasiphae
9.Sinope
10.Lysithea

Lydia said...

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system:)

Rebecca Wilkinson said...

A nick-name Jupiter is King of the Planets. In ancient Roman stories

Jupiter belongs to a family called the Gas Giants. They are: Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

One of Jupiters moons is called Io but you say eye-oh.

rebekah c said...

Jupiter weighs 300 times more than the Earth.
Its the fastest spining planet.
one of its moons,Ganymede is the Solar Systems largest moons
Ganymede is bigger than the planet Mercury.
some of its moons has got volcanoes.
Anna answered the moons :D

Rebecca Wilkinson said...

These are the names of Jupiters 62 moons:



JuIo, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Himalia, Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda, Metis, Adrastea, Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, Thyone, Hermippe, Eurydome, Sponde, Pasithee, Euanthe, Kale, Orthosie, Euporie, Aitne, plus others yet to receive names

Rebecca Wilkinson said...

Between Mars and Jupiter, is a Dwarf Planet known as Ceres. It was discovered in 1801. It is the smallest dwarf planet discovered in our universe (so far) and is the only one found in the asteroid belt.

Chloe M said...

Jupiter is a giant gas planet.
Jupiter is made up of aboat 90% hydrogen and 10% helium.
Jupiter is so big you could cram 1,000 Earths inside it.

chloe d (adam ds cousin) p6 spiers said...

ploto is the smallest of all. it is red but. one thing noone noteses is that there is 2 tiny dots in the middle of it. one black and one white they are very very very tiney u can just about see them. they are about the size of a full stop ................................