Jupiter & Saturn

Jupiter & Saturn

The Gas Giants:

Icy Cold Planets Beyond the Asteroid Belt

Jupiter

• Largest planet in the solar system

• 79 moons

• Like a miniature solar system, made of almost the same materials as the Sun (stars)

• "Great Red Spot" has existed for 300+ years

• About 88,000 miles across

• 1 day on Jupiter = 10 Earth hours

• 1 year on Jupiter = about 4,300 days

Saturn

• Rings made of rock and ice

• 2nd largest planet in the solar system

• Has 62 moons, Titan is the largest.

• Is almost 75,000 miles around

• About 885,000,000 miles from the Sun

• 1 day on Saturn = 10 Earth days

• Saturn year = 29.5 Earth years