Michael Duran and Mikayla Sivulka Jupiter Jupiter appeared blue when it was found facing the sun in a certain way which made it look blue. Michael Duran and Mikayla Sivulka
History Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter in Italy in 1610 looking through a telescope. Jupiter’s name means mythology Zeus. This is Jupiter’s symbol.
Solar System Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. It is 484 million miles from the sun. It takes 433,259 days to orbit around the sun. It takes 9 hours and 55 minutes to rotate.
Moons Jupiter has 4 moons. Europa. Ganymede. Calisto. Io.
Planet appearance Jupiter is a brown planet. Also it has tan stripes, black, orange, yellow spots on it, and has a red spot on it that has been on it for 300 years. It looks like a huge basket ball. The red spot is bigger than Earth.
Rings Jupiter has a ring that is impossible to see from a distance . We sent a robot to Jupiter to take a picture of the rings.
Exploration No one ever has been on Jupiter before. But we sent a robot to Jupiter to take a picture and was sent on September 1,1979 it returned November 13,1980. People can’t go to Jupiter because Jupiter is a gassy planet and people call it a Gas Giant There is no solution to go to Jupiter.
Interesting Facts Jupiter spins fast for a little bit and then very slow . It has 60 moons ad Jupiter has more gravity than Earth. Jupiter is the fourth biggest thing in the sky. It has a rocky core inside of it. The weather on Jupiter has a lot of dust storms because there is a red and black spot that makes the dust storms over 300 years On Jupiter I would weigh 127.6 pounds.