What is the Surface of Jupiter Like? - Universe Today
2017年5月4日 · If you could stand on the surface of Jupiter, you would experience intense gravity. The gravity at Jupiter’s surface is 2.5 times the gravity on Earth.
Jupiter Facts - Science@NASA
With a radius of 43,440.7 miles (69,911 kilometers), Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth. If Earth were the size of a grape, Jupiter would be about as big as a basketball. From an average distance of 484 million miles (778 million kilometers), Jupiter is 5.2 astronomical units away from the Sun.
Jupiter - Wikipedia
Its diameter is eleven times that of Earth, and a tenth that of the Sun. Jupiter orbits the Sun at a distance of 5.20 AU (778.5 Gm), with an orbital period of 11.86 years. It is the third brightest natural object in the Earth's night sky, after the Moon and Venus, and has been observed since prehistoric times.
Jupiter - NASA Science
Jupiter is a gas giant and so lacks an Earth-like surface. If it has a solid inner core at all, it’s likely only about the size of Earth. Jupiter's atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen (H2) and helium (He). Jupiter has more than 75 moons. In 1979 the Voyager mission discovered Jupiter’s faint ring …
In Depth | Jupiter – NASA Solar System Exploration
Jupiter is the fifth planet from our Sun and is, by far, the largest planet in the solar system – more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. Jupiter's stripes and swirls are actually cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water, floating in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium.
Jupiter doesn’t have a surface. How is that possible? - EarthSky
2024年11月8日 · The planet Jupiter has no solid ground or surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be?
Jupiter Has No Surface. Here's How That's Actually Possible.
The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There's nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn't have a surface, what does it have? How can it hold together?
Jupiter | Facts, Moons, Rings, Temperature, Size, & Color | Britannica
2024年11月15日 · Jupiter is the most massive planet in the solar system. It has an equatorial diameter of about 143,000 km (88,900 miles). What is Jupiter made up of? Jupiter is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium.
What's It Like Inside Jupiter? - NASA Space Place
2024年11月8日 · On the surface of Jupiter–and on Earth–those elements are gases. However inside Jupiter, hydrogen can be a liquid, or even a kind of metal. These changes happen because of the tremendous temperatures and pressures found at the core.
Jupiter: A guide to the largest planet in the solar system
2023年3月18日 · Jupiter is a gas giant planet, as such it does not have a true solid surface. A spacecraft would not be able to land on the giant planet nor could it fly right through unscathed due to the...