It will be useful to learn the interesting facts about the planet Jupiter not only to school students who study astronomy and are fond of this subject, but also to adults.
10 improbable facts about Jupiter
About Jupiter enter the list of 10 facts:
- This planet is considered the biggest of all similar objects of the Solar System. Its weight exceeds Earth weight practically by 317 times, and volume by 1300 times at all. Moreover, Jupiter is also called the fastest planet, for commission of a whole revolution round its pivot-center the planet needs only 10 hours, and around the Sun it moves in 12 years.
- Gravity on Jupiter is nearly 2.5 times more, than on Earth, influence of magnetic field, by the way, too, but already by 14 times. Level of a radioactive background is also much higher, it is so strong that affects even operability of spacecrafts by means of which researches of space and planets of the Solar System are conducted now. The person could not survive on Jupiter even if he would be completely equipped in a protective suit.
- One more interesting fact about Jupiter is that he is a champion by the number of satellites, 67 such objects near it are revealed today. Of course, the majority of these celestial bodies are not too high, as a rule, their diameter does not exceed 4 km, but allocate 4 enough the big satellite, diameter of one of them is about 5,000 km. By the way, one more of large satellites of Jupiter has active volcanoes, such phenomenon is not observed anywhere, except as on it, and on the planet Earth.
- On Jupiter there is an atmospheric whirlwind which speed falls over time, for example, now it moves approximately with a speed of 400 km/h, and once this indicator equaled 40,000 km/h. There are days when this whirlwind completely calms down. Also on this planet there are storms and hurricanes, their duration averages 4 days, but in certain cases they can last for months.
- One more fact about Jupiter was established last century when by means of the space research vehicle it was succeeded to find presence of rings at this planet. The quantity of rings of Jupiter equals 4, the third is called a spider line, it consists of the smallest (by the standards of space objects) fragments of satellites of this planet.
- Composition of the atmosphere of the planet such is that theoretically on it life, today this information on Jupiter not the fact, but a hypothesis as it is not possible to prove it is possible. In spite of the fact that the planet was visited already by several spacecrafts, to tell precisely whether there was once life on Jupiter or whether perhaps its emergence in the future is impossible.
- If someone from us visited Jupiter, then this person could become a billionaire literally after the first rain. On the surface of the planet in the form of precipitation nothing but drops out diamonds which are very much appreciated on Earth.
- Light of Jupiter is rather bright, the planet and its large satellites in cloudless night can be seen easily not only in the telescope, but also in the powerful field-glass. If desired, each person can observe the planet, even without visiting observatory.
- The Juno space probe which start was made in 2011 only in 2016 will achieve the objectives. Perhaps, after those data which will be obtained by scientists thanks to this device, will know about the planet we much more.
- To reach the planet, spacecrafts need about 5 years, today only one of them could brag of faster approach to it, it was the mission "the New Horizons", agrees provided by them data, on flight a little more than one year left.
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