Jupiter is a huge planet. With having a radius of 44,441 mi. Jupiter is way bigger than earth, for example, it is around almost 1,300 times bigger than Earth.
A day on Jupiter would be around 9.93 hours. For a year on Jupiter is almost 11.86 earth years. The reason why this happens is because Jupiter moves faster because it is a gas planet.
Why is Jupiter named Jupiter? Well, Jupiter is named after a Roman god, the god of the sky and thunder.
Jupiter has 92 moons. Most of Jupiter’s moons are small, but there are 4 moons that are larger than the rest. The 4 are Ganymede, Io, Europa, and Callisto. Ganymede is actually bigger than Mercury. Io is a little bit bigger than the moon. Callisto is around the same size are Mercury. Then, Europa is around 90% of the moons size.
Can a human live on Jupiter? Well, not exactly, the temperatures on Jupiter are very extreme. I mean, Jupiter’s the surface temperature is -234 fahrenheit.
Jupiter has many interesting things about it. Even though Jupiter has extreme temperatures, do think that scientists may find some kind of life on it in the future?
Works Cited:
Starwalk. “Fun Facts About Jupiter: The Biggest Planet in the Solar System” https://starwalk.space/en/news/jupiter-explained-the-mind-blowing-facts
January 14, 2025
The European Space Agency. “Facts about Jupiter” https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Facts_about_Jupiter
January 14, 2025
NASA. “Jupiter: Facts” https://science.nasa.gov/jupiter/jupiter-facts/ January 14, 2025
