StarChild: The planet Jupiter

Read It Listen, Jupiter: The Largest Planet. Jupiter is so large that all of the other planets in the solar system could fit inside of it. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/jupiter.html - 7k

How many moons does Jupiter have?

How many moons does Jupiter have? Answer: ... Of the 23 new moons announced for Jupiter, preliminary names were assigned to 11 of them by the IAU in October 2002. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question51.html - 7k

StarChild: Jupiter's Natural Satellites

Jupiter's Natural Satellites. As of January 2008, Jupiter has 49 official (named) satellites. ... Name, Diameter, Distance from Jupiter. Metis, 44 km, 128,100 km. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/jupiter_satellites.html - 13k

StarChild: Facts about Jupiter

Facts about Jupiter. Solar Distance, 778.3 million km. Revolution Period, 11.78 Earth years. Rotation Period, 9 hours 55 minutes. Equatorial diameter, 143,000 km ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/jupiter_facts.html - 4k

StarChild: Did you know... (Jupiter)

In July of 1994, Jupiter was hit by pieces of the Shoemaker-Levy comet. Dark areas appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere after the large pieces hit the planet. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/jupiter_know.html - 4k

StarChild: Answer to the Jupiter Question

And the answer is... Astronomers think the Great Red Spot is a large hurricane-like storm in Jupiter's atmosphere. Return to StarChild ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/jupiter_answer.html - 4k

Why are they crashing the Galileo satellite?

STS-34 mission in 1989. It took five years to reach Jupiter, where it has remained for the past 9 years. At one point, it released ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question61.html - 6k

What is so important about volcanoes on Io?

Along the way Cassini performed a flyby of Jupiter and its moons. Cassini, along with the spacecraft Galileo that is currently in ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question33.html - 6k

How do planets and their moons get their names?

For those moons have been known for a long time (such as the Galilean moons of Jupiter), the names were assigned from mythological characters. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question48.html - 8k

What is a brown dwarf?

own light. Brown dwarfs are objects which have a size between that of a giant planet like Jupiter and that of a small star. In fact ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question62.html - 7k

StarChild: The Planets and Dwarf Planets

The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are large balls of gases with rings around them. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planets.html - 7k

Can you tell me about the other solar systems being discovered?

Of 16 such planets found around solar-like stars, their masses range from about a half to five times that of Jupiter, their orbital periods span 3.3 days to ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question10.html - 11k

StarChild: Multidisciplinary Solar System Activities: Planet Hop

Venus, 0.91, 224.7 Earth days (2/3 of a year), Mars, 0.38, 686.9 Earth days, Jupiter, 2.54, 11.86 Earth years, Saturn, 0.93, 29.46 Earth years, ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/activity/planet_hop.html - 9k

Dr. Carl Sagan

He also worked on the Voyager mission to the outer solar system and the Galileo mission to Jupiter. Dr. Sagan suffered from a rare bone marrow disease. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/sagan.html - 7k

Galileo Galilei

He built a telescope to help him study the sky. Galileo first discovered that the Moon had mountains just like Earth. He also discovered 4 of Jupiter's moons. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/galileo.html - 7k

StarChild: Answer to the Clyde Tombaugh Question

And the answer is... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Return to StarChild homepage, Return to the StarChild ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/tombaugh_answer.html - 4k

StarChild: Multidisciplinary Solar System Activities: Where does ...

After you have matched the planets or dwarf planet with their orbits, check to see if each is in its right home. Earth, Jupiter, Mars. Mercury, Neptune, Pluto. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/javascript/planet_go.html - 7k

StarChild: Io

Io. Jupiter's moon Io is very far from the Sun. The temperatures on Io are cold except for the places near the volcanoes. At the ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/io.html - 4k

StarChild: Multidisciplinary Solar System Activities: Where does ...

Where, Oh Where Does That Little Planet Go? Earth, Planet number: 3. Jupiter, Planet number: 5. Mars, Planet number: 4. Mercury, Planet number: 1. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planet_go_solution.html - 5k

Archive of Questions

Have they found a new planet in our solar system?[October 2002]. How many moons does Jupiter have? [November 2002]. Why is space black? [December 2002]. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/archive.html - 14k

Did Galileo invent the telescope?

Galileo was the first one who used the telescope for astronomy, making wonderful discoveries about our Moon, the moons of Jupiter, and other things. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question37.html - 5k

StarChild: The Asteroid Belt

formed. Most of the asteroids in our solar system can be found orbiting the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This area ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/asteroids.html - 7k

StarChild: Answer to the Asteroid Question

And the answer is... The asteroid belt is located between the rocky planet Mars and the gaseous planet Jupiter. Return to StarChild ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/asteroids_answer.html - 4k

Solar System Shuffle Solution

7. H. The Great Red Spot would make this a terrible place for a vacation. Solar System Object: Jupiter Matching Card Number: 1. I. The ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/shuffle_solution.html - 7k

Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde found another way to reach his dream. He used a telescope he built himself to study Mars and Jupiter. Clyde then drew pictures of what he saw. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/tombaugh.html - 7k