chapter 11

how fast does jupiter rotate

9 houras and 55 minutes

Io

the closest of Jupiter's moons

zonal flow

west-to-east flow of the jet stream with shallow Rossby waves

How long is jupiters magnetosphere

30 million km across

how much more mass does jupiter have compared to earths

318 earths

where does jupiter rank as far as being a bright object in the sky

3rd

Zones

Bright, high pressure region in the atmosphere of a jovian planet where gas flows upward

Galilean moons

The name given to Jupiter's four largest moons, Io, Europa, Callisto & Ganymede. They were discovered independently by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius.

white ovals

light-colored region near the Great Red spot in Jupiter's atmosphere. Like the red spot, such regions are apparently rotating storm systems.

what year were the galilean moons discoverd

1610

what year was the voyager 1 launched

1977

how long does it take jpiter to revolve around the sun

4331

how many moons does jupiter have

63

Great red spot

a giant, high-pressure continuous storm on Jupiter

belts

dark, low pressure region in the atmosphere of a jovian planet, where gas flows downwards

what produces jupiters white clouds

frozen ammonia and water vapor

what is jupiter mostly made up of

hydrogen and helium

how many rings does jupiter have

one faint ring

how much less is jupiters mass compared to the sun

1/1000 the mass of the sun

what are the names of the galilean moons

Io, Europa, Ganymede, Thebe

what is the fifth planet from the sun

Jupiter

brown oval

elongated, brownish features usually seen in Jupiter's northern hemisphere

Differential rotation

the rotation of a star or planet at different speeds at its equator and poles

callisto

the second largest of Jupiter's satellites

Is the voyager 1 still on jupiter

yes