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Our Solar System is a vast and mysterious area that many haven’t gone before. Our Solar System includes eight distinct planets Earth, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter. All these planets have many unique characteristics that makes them who they are, but Jupiter is one of those planets that stood out the most. Jupiter is presently the fifth planet from the Sun and by far is the largest mass object in the solar system out of all the other planets. This gas giant is twice the size of all the other planets combined. From our own perspective Jupiter is the fourth brightest object that we can see from earth after the Sun, the Moon, and Venus. Jupiter was first discovered by Galileo, who actually observed its moon before actually …show more content…

Since these elements are also present in many stars and our sun it led to many questioning why Jupiter is not classified as a sun or a star but instead a planet? The most simply answer to these question is that Jupiter is not large enough to be considered as a sun or a star. For Jupiter to be considered as a sun or a star it would’ve 60 more times larger than it already is to be able to garner enough gravitational pull to initiate a nuclear fusion. As for the composition of Jupiter it is considered to be one of the for gas planets, they are referred this way due to the fact that it isn’t composed of solid materials instead they are mostly fill with gases. These types of gas planet also gives Jupiter the name of a Jovian planet. Jupiter and other Jovian planets are unique due to the fact that they don’t have a definite surface instead they have layer after layer of gases, as they progress a layer down the gas becomes more dense. On the surface of Jupiter you would be able to find ammonia, water, and methane mixed together. Underneath this layer of gases would be a layer of liquid nitrogen and right below that would be a mixture of bother liquid and metallic hydrogen. With the core of Jupiter it is comprised of iron and rock formed shortly after the Big

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When Jupiter was told he had to go out on the limb he was very hesitant (Poe 235). He was scared that he would fall because it was rotting and wasn’t that stable. Legrand threatened Jupiter that if he didn’t go up the tree that he would crack his head with the shovel and of course Jupiter listened to this and he climbed up the tree. Even though the narrator and Legrand were annoyed and angry with Jupiter he remained loyal and listened to Legrand.

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William Herschel was the first to notice this odd object and was curious to find out more. This odd object, Uranus, was the first planet in recorded history to be discovered. The discovery of Uranus was just the beginning of William Herschel’s discoveries. He left his work with music and became

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Uranus Uranus, the first god of the sky and lord of the universe. We was born from the Chaos and Gaea. Chaos was pretty much nothing and Gaea was the goddess of the Earth pretty much mother nature. Uranus had 18 children 12 titans, 3 cyclopes, and 3 heratoncheires. His children were Cronus, Rhea, Hyperion, Mnemosyne, Themis, Coeus, Phoebe, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Metis, Oceanus, and Tethys.

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1. Discovered in 1610 by Galilei Galileo who called them the Medicean Stars 2. The names given to the four moons of Jupiter come from Greek mythology but were not used until the 20th century. Ganymede is the name of the son of King Tros. 3. Largest moon in the solar system, larger than Mercury but with about half the mass because it is made up primarily of icy water and silicate rock.

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5 Greek Gods in Roman religion and their traits. Jupiter was the king of all the gods, his trait was thunder and lightning. Jupiter had a wife and her name was

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In Greek mythology, Zeus (Jupiter in Latin) was the supreme deity who was linked to thunder, lightning, and the sky. Jupiter, the Roman version of Zeus, was revered as the deity of the sky and thunder and was also regarded as the monarch of the gods. He was also related to the Roman government and its rules. According to Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the goddess of love, beauty, and procreation (Venus in Latin).

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Last but not least, the object must have “cleared the neighborhood” around its orbit of other objects. Pluto can’t be a planet also because it's surrounded by other planets the same size and shape. Which according to USA today cannot be considered a planet. Pluto also tends to go into Neptune's orbit. Which means that Pluto isn’t a planet because “true”

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He thought of visiting his brothers but decided he did not care much for their company at the time. He also thought of spending time with his wife Juno, but realised that she was busy with her upcoming festival. Jupiter even considered spending time with the other gods but they all feared him and his well known temper. After coming to a dead end Jupiter decided to watch things going on in Rome. He saw two men in the street and made them start fighting while he laughed at them.

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Also, the IAU’s definition is not necessarily true to all of the planets in our solar system. This shows us that the criteria cannot be met for all of the other bodies stated as a planet so therefore, the rules either have to be changed, or else, Earth is also not considered a planet. Finally, some say that Pluto is also too far out to be a planet, but, from 1979 and 1999, Pluto was closer to the Sun than Neptune. This shows that if Pluto was considered too far away to be a planet, then Neptune could not be considered a planet as it would be too far away from the

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Character Analysis By Kezia Thiessen Ernie Hupfer is a minor character that isn’t well known, yet his contribution to the story is critical. In the book, Orbiting Jupiter, by Gary D. Schmidt, Ernie has a very small role, and says few things. The book is about Jack, Jack’s foster Joseph, and Joseph’s daughter Jupiter. Ernie is Jack’s friend, and his contribution in this position should not be ignored.

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This became one of the few major discoveries in recent years in the field of astronomy. Planets are usually small compared to the star. So, it’s hard to notice the light emitted from a planet when it orbits a star as the light of the star is much larger in size and brighter. Scientists solved this problem by developing two techniques for detecting exoplanets. They are namely, Transit method and Radio Velocity method.

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Saturn is the second largest planet and sixth number planet of our solar system. Saturn is a gas giant made up of hydrogen and helium. It is big enough to hold more than 760 Earths within it, and is second massive planet after Jupiter, roughly 95 times Earth 's mass. However, Saturn has the lowest density among all the planets of solar system .It spins faster than any other planet except Jupiter which help Saturn with its magnetic field which is about 578 times more powerful than Earth 's. Although Saturn has at least 62 moons but its largest moon, Titan, is slightly bigger than Mercury, and is the second-largest moon in the solar system after Jupiter 's moon Ganymede (our moon is fifth largest).Although it is the most interesting planet

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Greek mythology’s effect on science was enormous; it involved the naming of planets, periodic table of elements and even constellations. The solar system’s planets and moons were named after Greek mythological characters. However, it was also given Roman version of it. “Sun, the center of our solar system was named after

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One way he is used in today’s culture is his name. In Who’s Who in Mythology by Michael Senior, he states “His roman name ‘Jupiter’ and his more common name Zeus, is used in company names worldwide to depict their product as powerful and useful,” (52). This is important because it shows just how powerful Zeus and his name are. Also, Zeus’s other name being Jupiter is why the largest planet in the solar system is named Jupiter. This could represent Zeus’s status in popularity and rank within the gods of mythology.

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What is known about the planet is that it is about 60 percent larger than Earth, placing it in a class of planets dubbed "super-Earths." While its mass and composition are not yet determined, previous research suggests that planets the size of Kepler-452b have a better than even chance of being rocky. Kepler-452b orbits its star every 385 days. The planet's star is about 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. It is a G2-type star like our

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