Monday, June 14, 2010

JUPITER

The equatorial radius of Jupiter is of 71.492 km. The average distance to the sun is 778.330.000 km. The average surface temperature is 120 ºC. Period's rotation is 9,84 hours. Period's transfer is 11,86 years. It's the largest planet in the Solar System. It has got 63 satellite. It has got a similar composition of sun. Rotation's Jupiter is the fastest. It has got a complex atmosphere, with clouds and storms. For this reason show fringes of the different colours and stain same spots.




Curiosities

Jupiter has got four moons differentiated of the other:




Io / Europa







Ganymed / Callisto






Rings of Jupiter:

halo
ring main
ring of amelia
thebe ring
extension of thebes

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