ABOUT, PLANETARY STATUS AND IS IT HABITABLE?
ABOUT JUPITER
Jupiter is the 5th planet from our Sun . The size of Jupiter is 61.42 billion sq. km. Also , the most massive of all of the planets . To take it’s massive size into comparison , Jupiter is larger than all the other planets’ surface area combined . Jupiter’s name comes from the king of the Roman gods . It takes 0.41 days for 1 rotation and 11.86 years for one revolution .
IS JUPITER HABITABLE ?
Unfortunately no. Jupiter doesn’t have any ideal living condition for us to live in . But on the bright side , Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of the likeliest places in the solar system where we can find life . There is a vast ocean just beneath it’s icy crust where life could be supported .
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JUPITER
- JUPITER HAS 67 MOONS ! THAT’S A LOT OF MOONS COMPARED TO OUR EARTH (1)
- JUPITER IS VISIBLE WITH THE NAKED EYES ALSO !
- JUPITER HAS BEEN VISITED 7 TIMES BY SPACECRAFTS BUT NOT EVEN ONCE BY HUMANS !
- IT CONTAINS THE LARGEST OCEAN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- ALSO , LIGHTNING STORMS MAKE IT RAIN DIAMONDS ON JUPITER !
