9.+Jupiter

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In Roman Mythology, Jupiter was one of the most important Roman gods. In Rome's early years. He was origianlly a god that was associated with agriculture. But, as Rome developed into a bigger city, he was portrayed as the protector of Rome. He could be seen as a warrrior god, a great god of the Empire, and as the prtector of the Empire and Emporer.===== In Greek mythololgy he was Zeus. Zeus was the ruler of all the gods and he was the rain god and ruler of the sky. Plus he can controll lightning bolts. :D =2. Mass:= The mass of Jupiter is 1,898,200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms compared to the Earth's mass at 5,974,200,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms. Jupiter is about 318 times heavier than Earth's. =3. Moon= As of January 2009, Jupiter has 49 official, named moons and a whole bunch of other moons that may or may not have names. The four largest moons have been collectivly named the Galilean Satellites. Their individual names are, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. Io's diameter is 422,00 kilometers and 8.93 x 10^22 kilograms. Ganymede's diameter is 5,268 km and 1.48 x 10^23. Callisto's diameter is 4,800km and 1.08 x 10^23kg. Europa's diameter is 3,138km and 4.80 x 10^22kg. =4. Diameter:= Jupiter is 142,984 kilometers long in diameter. That is 11.2 times the size of the diameter of Earth. Earth's diameter is 12,756 kilometers. =5. Gravity:= Jupiter has the most intense gravity in the solar system. The gravity on Jupiter is 2.5 times gravity on Earth. =6. Day/Year:= Jupiter's day only last about 10 hours compared to Earth's day which is 24 hours. Jupiter's year is about 11.86 Earth years. =7. Tilt of Axis:= The tilt of Jupiter's axis is 3.13 degrees.

=8. Distance from the sun:= Jupiter is about 483.78 million miles, 741 kilometers, and 4.95 AU from the sun.

=9. Temperature:= The average temperature for Jupiter is 360 degrees celsius, and it ranges from close to absolute 0-36000 kelvins.

By: Cheyenne Ramos & Sara Green