Our Solar System Planets to scale…

Tiny Terrestrial Planets vs.

Huge Jovian Planets

Our Solar System Layout to scale…

…planet sizes not even visible at this scale!

The Jovian Worlds

of Our Solar System

Jupiter/jove = zeus (“king of the gods”)

Jovian Planet Interiors :

…but how do we know all of this?

Comet Shoemaker-Levy: Impact, July 1994!

How did the galileo satellite end its mission in sept. 2003?

Internal layers of planet jupiter

“Differential Rotation” for gas giants (like jupiter)

Convection in jupiter’s atmosphere:

Turbulence , eddies, & spots in jupiter’s atmosphere:

jupiter’s “great red spot” !

The “great red spot”… a “permanent hurricane” observed by hooke & cassini since the 1660’s !

(…Link for the Latest Statistics on the Moons of Jupiter...)

the famous “galilean moons” (Pics courtesy of nasa)