Jupiter

Solar System Scratchpad [Boiler Plate] Solar System Planets

The largest and earliest formed planet in the Solar System, contains over twice as much material as the rest of the solar system combined. Influenced the formation of the other bodies in the solar system greatly. Second brightest planet in the sky and named after the king of the gods. Has four large moons and dozens of smaller ones. Upper atmosphere composed of liquid hydrogen and helium, may have a small rocky core and no solid surface. Has banded cloud features and giant long lasting storms such as the Great Red Spot. Has a powerful magnetic field. Visited by many spacecraft, orbited by Galileo. Juno probe is en route to the planet.

Satellites of Jupiter

See Jovian System for all moons

• Io - Jupiter's volcanic moon.
• Europa - Smooth and bright moon of Jupiter. Its surface is covered with linear grooves, possibly cracks in a frozen ocean. One of most likely places to find life outside of Earth.
• Ganymede - Largest moon of Jupiter and in the solar system. Larger than the planet Mercury, though not as massive. Only moon known to generate its own magnetic field. Only body other than Earth known to have plate tectonics.
• Callisto - Furthest of Jupiter's major moons, Callisto is a dead world unlike its siblings. It is considered the most heavily cratered surface in the solar system and therefor has the oldest surface.

Jupiter in the News

Cassini in the News

10 Year Anniversary of Cassini Flyby (Dec 2010)

See Saturn

• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-431

New Horizons in the News

New Horizons Observes Little Red Spot (May 2007)

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/02/MNGTCPJ95C1.DTL&type=science

Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) in the News

Mission comprising of the JEO (Jupiter Europa Orbiter, NASA) and the JGO (Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter, ESA)

Launch by 2020, reach Jupiter by 2026

About to Choose Between Saturn and Jupiter Missions (Jan 2009)

See Jupiter, Europa, Ganymede, Saturn, Titan, Enceladus

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7842254.stm

Juno in the News

Juno Mission to Arrive in 2016 (Feb 2008)

• http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2445/return-jupiter-scheduled-2016

Rising Launch Prices Jeopardizes Future Planetary Missions (Dec 2011)

See Mars for Curiosity Rover, Jupiter for Juno Orbiter, and Moon for GRAIL

• http://www.spacenews.com/civil/101216-costs-cloud-planetary-program.html

Juno Will Chart Jupiter's Position (Jan 2011)

See Saturn

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=saturn-location

Year of the Solar System (Feb 2011)

See also Comet 103P/Hartley 2, Sun, Comet 9P/Tempel 1, Mercury, Vesta, Ceres, Jupiter, Moon

• http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/115728399.html

Tour of Spacecraft (Feb 2011)

• http://www.theindependent.com/articles/2011/02/19/news/local/12992810.txt
• http://www.space.com/10889-jupiter-spacecraft-juno-person.html

Undergoing Environmental Testing at Lockheed Martin (Mar 2011)

• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-068

Juno Reaches Kennedy Space Station (Apr 2011)

• http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1104/11juno/
• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-113

NASA Administrator Visits Craft (Apr 2011)

• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-137

Juno Launch Approaching (Jul-Aug 2011)

• http://coloradoindependent.com/95408/colorado-a-star-in-juno-mission
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110804-jupiter-nasa-spacecraft-juno-planets-space-science/
• http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_18618842
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8683064/Juno-Nasas-1.1bn-probe-to-Jupiter-to-unlock-solar-system-secrets.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14412988
• http://www.universetoday.com/87925/juno-jupiter-orbiter-poised-at-launch-pad-for-aug-5-blastoff/
• http://www.npr.org/2011/08/05/138989924/new-nasa-missions-will-tour-the-solar-system
• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/science/space/05jupiter.html?_r=1&ref=science
• http://www.space.com/12552-nasa-juno-jupiter-mission-rocket-launch.html
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/04/exploring-jupiter-juno-probe
• http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-poised-launch-spacecraft-jupiter-064633251.html
• http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-set-launch-spacecraft-jupiter-074222615.html
• http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2011-08-04-NASA-Jupiter-probe-Juno_n.htm
• http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110805/NEWS01/108050316/Juno-craft-target-launch-atop-Atlas-V-from-Cape-Canaveral-today?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CSpace%20News
• http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2011/august/290417/NASAs-Jupiter-probe-ready-for-launch-Friday-aboard-Atlas-rocket
• http://www.9news.com/dontmiss/211728/630/Lockheed-Martin-NASA-set-to-launch-Jupiter-Mission
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nasas-jupiter-probe-will-peer-back-to-beginning-of-solar-system/2011/08/04/gIQAtjrSuI_story.html
• http://www.space.com/12541-juno-jupiter-mission-solar-panels-power.html
• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20765-waterscouting-probe-to-take-off-for-jupiter.html
• http://www.wesh.com/r/28755330/detail.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14299278
• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-239
• http://www.space.com/12534-nasa-juno-mission-jupiter-amazing-views.html
• http://www.space.com/12521-nasa-juno-mission-jupiter-science.html
• http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/NASA-orbiter-launches-Friday-to-investigate-2078061.php
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/02/spacewatch-juno-jupiter
• http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/657e6aa6ed755d2ebf660156b80de377.html
• http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-going-green-solar-powered-jupiter-probe-155245823.html
• http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/SA-led-mission-to-Jupiter-launches-Friday-1686564.php
• http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/08/01/swri-scientist-leading-the-helm-of.html
• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-236
• http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/29jul_juno2/
• http://news.yahoo.com/nasas-juno-circle-jupiter-planetary-recipe-025158948.html;_ylt=AtnFM3C7RdYhf5nsiiwjjt.HgsgF;_ylu=X3oDMTM5ZWtrYmpoBHBrZwNlOTNiZWNkMi1jN2I0LTMxZDgtODIxYi0yNDY5MjdlYWU0M2EEcG9zAzQEc2VjA01lZGlhVG9wU3RvcnkEdmVyAzUxYmY0OGUwLWI5OGUtMTFlMC1i
• http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nasa-juno-20110728,0,3470970.story
• http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_18564428
• http://www.space.com/12448-nasa-set-launch-spacecraft-jupiter-week.html
• http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/0732acbf5249ec7704642af7c209e4f7-311.html
• http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/scienceshot-juno-takes-on-solar.html?ref=hp
• http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/27/florida.jupiter.mission/
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/us-space-jupiter-idUSTRE76Q6G020110727
• http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jul/HQ_11-251_Juno_Mated.html
• http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/27/juno-heads-to-launch-pad
• http://news.discovery.com/space/jupiter-probe-planet-formation-110727.html
• http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jul/HQ_M11-156_Juno_Events.html
• http://www.space.com/12333-jupiter-greatest-mysteries-solar-system.html
• http://www.azpm.org/news/story/2011/7/13/1830-countdown-to-jupiter/ - Video interview
• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-205
• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-201

Juno Launched (Aug 2011)

• http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av029/110815junoupdate/
• http://www.space.com/12558-juno-spacecraft-jupiter-launch-phenomenal-wait.html

Mission Explained

• http://en.rian.ru/international_affairs/20110818/165900968.html
• http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/juno-spacecraft-jupiter/
• http://www.spacenews.com/launch/110805-juno-probe-headed-jupiter.html

Scientists Recreate Jupiter's Atmosphere (Aug 2011)

• http://www.space.com/12587-jupiter-atmosphere-recreated-nasa-juno-spacecraft.html

Europa Mission Chosen (Feb 2009)

See Jupiter, Europa, Ganymede, Saturn, Titan, Enceladus

• http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/37890
• http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/19/nation/na-europa19
• http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMPHGWX3RF_index_0.html
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/18/AR2009021802497.html
• http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/18outerplanets/index2.html
• http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/18outerplanets/index2.html
• http://www.space.com/news/090218-nasa-esa-outer-planet-missions.html
• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16626-europa-trumps-titan-in-bid-for-outer-planet-mission.html

Cooperation Between NASA and ESA (Feb 2011)

See also Europa, Ganymede, Io, Callisto, Jupiter

• http://www.space.com/10788-ambitious-mission-probe-depths-jupiters-icy-moons.html
• http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/07/6005885-scientists-to-probe-for-life-on-jupiters-moons

Priority Report from the National Research Council (Mar 2011)

See also Ganymede, Uranus, Mars

• http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=13117
• http://www.space.com/11061-nasa-planetary-science-mars-jupiter-missions.html
• http://www.spacenews.com/civil/20110318-money-woes-batter-planetary-budget.html
• http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/17flagship/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12676289
• http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_ea86033b-9f33-5081-841a-4aaa6aae4052.html
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/08/us-space-usa-future-idUSTRE7266XJ20110308
• http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/70737/title/The_best_next_space_missions_
• http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2011/0307_Planetary_Society_Statement_on_the.html - Planetary Society's Statement
• http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110303-doubt-europa-mission.html - Focus on Europa
• http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110304-nasa-flagship-probes-back-burner.html
• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20216-nasa-should-bring-mars-rocks-back-to-earth-says-panel.html
• http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/07/6212512-outlook-dims-for-interplanetary-trips

NASA Decadal Survey Town Hall Approaching (Apr 2011)

See also Mars, Uranus, Enceladus, Venus

• http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22118.aspx
• http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1815/1

Europa Mission's Pricetag Seems Like Show Stopper (Jun 2011)

See Mercury for Messenger, Moon for GRAIL, Titan for Titan Mare Explorer

• http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110623/full/news.2011.381.html

Jupiter Impacts in the News

Hubble Views Jupiter Impact (Jul 2009)

• http://www.spacetoday.net/articles_bycategory.php?cid=12&sid=144849
• http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0907/27jupiter/

Jupiter Impact (Sep-Aug 2009)

• http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45784/title/Jupiter_takes_it_on_the_chin_

Jupiter Impact Gone After a Month (Aug 2009)

• http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/53952917.html

Last Years Collision was an Asteroid, Not Comet (Jun 2010)

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10238332
• http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=surprise-scar-that-appeared-on-jupi-2010-06-04
• http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/06/hubbles-takes-closer-look-at-jupiters-asteroid-impact/1
• http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59850/title/Jupiters_crash_of_09
• http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/jupiter-impact-hubble-new-results-100603.html

Jupiter "Hit" Again (Jun 2010)

• http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/aussie-amateur-spots-object-striking-jupiter.htm
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100604-science-space-jupiter-impact-flash-asteroid/
• http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59977/title/Jupiter_takes_yet_another_hit
• http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1006/04Jupiter/
• http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1006/04Jupiter/
• http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/03/4459598-something-hit-jupiter-again
• http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/95573224.html

Jupiter Flash Caused by Meteor (Jun 2010)

• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100617-science-space-jupiter-impact-comet-meteor-hubble/
• http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-hubble-jupiter-flash.html
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7833424/Hubble-telescope-could-explain-mystery-light-on-Jupiter.html
• http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/giant-meteor-caused-jupiter-fireball-100616.html
• http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1010/
• http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/20/
• http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60325/title/All_flash%2C_no_crash
• http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/96475484.html
• http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1006/16jupiter/
• http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/11jun_missingdebris/
• http://news.discovery.com/space/why-did-jupiter-flash.html
• http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/jupiter-new-impact-guessing-100609.html

2009 Impact Was Asteroid (Jan 2011)

• http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/114985924.html
• http://www.space.com/10703-jupiter-scar-asteroid-smash.html
• http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/01/26/new-evidence-that-asteroid-struck-jupiter-in-2009/
• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-028
• http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1102/10jupiter/

Jupiter's Role in Solar Dynamics in the News

Jupiter Robbed Mars of Building Material (May 2011)

See also Mars

• http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1106/07migration/
• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=jupiter-migration-mars
• http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/sri-nss060311.php
• http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4383/jupiter-sculpted-inner-solar-system

Jupiter Features in the News

Jupiter Loses a Belt (May 2010)

• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127042112
• http://news.discovery.com/space/jupiters-cloud-band-vanishes-from-view.html
• http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/missing-jupiter-cloud-belt-mystifies-scientists-100521.html

Jupiter Belt Missing (Jul 2010)

• http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/moons-craters-hold-clues-to-the-.html
• http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/space/05/20/jupiter.cloud.belt.missing/?hpt=C1
• http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/space/05/20/jupiter.cloud.belt.missing/

Missing Belt Found by Hubble (Jun 2010)

• http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/06/hubble-finds-jupiters-missing-stripe/
• http://news.discovery.com/space/the-moment-jupiter-got-slammed-in-color.html

Europa Helps Probe Returning South Equatorial Belt (Feb 2011)

See Europa

• http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/115941284.html
• http://keckobservatory.org/news/europa_helps_astronomers_penetrate_jupiters_lost_belt/
• http://news.discovery.com/space/europa-helps-solve-mystery-of-jupiters-missing-belt.html
• http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/jupiter-belt-europa/
• http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/09/6018236-see-the-turmoil-in-jupiters-belt

Magnetosphere in the News

Hubble Views Aurora (Feb 2011)

See Io

• http://www.space.com/10830-jupiter-aurora-ultraviolet-flares-hubble-photos.html

Atmospheric Composition in the News

Helium and Hydrogen Relationship in Jovians (Jan 2009)

• https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2009/NR-09-01-08.html

Ring System in the News

Ripples in Rings Due to Past Collisions (Mar 2011)

See also Saturn and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

• http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/20110401.php
• http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April11/hedmanRipples.html
• http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4188/comet-collisions-cause-rippling-planets-rings
• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ring-ripples
• http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/scienceshot-impacts-leave-marks.html?ref=hp
• http://www.space.com/11269-comet-impacts-saturn-jupiter-rings.html
• http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/mar/HQ_11-095_Cassini_Ripple.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12899961

Other Jupiter News

SOPHIA Sees Jupiter's Ancient Heat (Jun 2010)

• http://news.discovery.com/space/sofia-sees-jupiters-ancient-heat.html

Jovian Photography in the News

Amateur Astronomer Produces Amazing Rotation Video (May 2007)

http://skytonight.com/news/Jupiter_at_its_Best.html

Photo of Most Planets From Near Mercury (Feb 2011)

See Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=155
• http://blog.al.com/space-news/2011/02/nasa_releases_composite_image.html
• http://www.space.com/10901-solar-system-planets-photo-messenger.html

Jupiter Feature Articles

First Image From Orbit Photoessay

See also Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/04/photoessay-images-from-first-orbits.ars/1

Book on Alien Weather (May 2011)

See also Mars, Venus, Saturn, Titan, Uranus, Neptune, Triton

• http://www.universetoday.com/85716/guest-post-drifting-on-alien-winds-exploring-the-skies-and-weather-of-other-worlds/

Virtual Tourism

• https://youtu.be/kImxwNXzJu8 - Jupiter and its moons
• https://youtu.be/r5SuUY7dF1w - Juno mission
• https://youtu.be/cP-PFAxVOtw - More Juno
• https://youtu.be/h-7uJqbkxQw - Jupiter system
• https://youtu.be/wEwJ4Ka6UCE - Above Jupiter
• https://youtu.be/EmG_hUyLd8E - Close up still