1. Jupiter: Consummate Jovian
Presented by
Professor Harold Geller
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George Mason University

2. What I’m Going to Talk About
Jupiter as a jovian planet
mass
diameter
distance from sun
chemical constituents
formation
atmosphere
inner layers
rings
moons

3. Jupiter Statistics Distance from sun
778.4 million km (5.2 AU)
Orbital eccentricity and inclination
0.048 eccentricity
1.31 degrees inclination
Orbital speed and period
13.1 km/s
11.86 years sidereal period
Mass
1.99 x 1027 kg (317.8 x Earth)
Equatorial Diameter
143,000 km (11.2 x Earth)

4. More Jupiter Statistics
Mean density
1.33 g/cm3 (0.24 x Earth)
Surface gravity
24.8 m/s2 (2.53 x Earth)
Escape velocity
59.5 km/s
Axial tilt
3.08 degrees
Temperature at cloud top
124 K
Number of Moons
What’s a moon anyway

5. Where Are We?

6. Jovians and Terrestrials
Relative size of all planets (distances NOT to scale)

7. [Source: James Schombert, University of Oregon]

8. Top-Level Look and See
[Source: James Schombert, University of Oregon]

9. NOT a Perfect Sphere
[Source: James Schombert, University of Oregon]

10. [Source: James Schombert, University of Oregon]

11. Atmospheric Appearance Fluid Mechanics viscous flow turbulent flow
eddies
cyclones
[Source: James Schombert, University of Oregon]

12. Jupiter’s Interior
[Source: James Schombert, University of Oregon]

13. Jupiter’s Magnetic Field
[Source: James Schombert, University of Oregon]

14. Synchrotron Radiation
[Source: James Schombert, University of Oregon]

15. Jupiter’s Aurora
[Source: Clarke (Michigan) and NASA STScI]