The Jovian planets
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Ice Giants
Gas Giants
Members:
- Dominique Chiriboga
- Micaela Gallegos
- Romina Ortiz
Jupiter
Characteristics:
- The gas giant Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, more than 300 times more massive than Earth.
Jupiter
- More than 60 known satellites, or moons, orbit the planet Jupiter.
- It gets its name from the Roman god Jupiter (Zeus in Greek mythology).
Saturn
Saturn
Characteristics:
-Their rings are not solid. They are made up of bits of ice, dust and rock.
- Saturn spins on its axis very fast. A day on Saturn is 10 hours and 14 minutes.
- He planet is named after Saturn. He was the Roman god of farming.
Characteristics:
- Uranus is coldest planet withan average surface temperature of -197.2°C.
Uranus
The five largest are named Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Oberon and Titania.
- URANUS has 27 moons.
- It was named after the Greek god of the sky
Characteristics:
- Its orbit takes 165 Earth years to complete and its takes about 16 hours to rotate once on its AXIS.
Neptune
- The composition of the planet is presumed to be mostly hydrogen and helium around an ice and rock core.
-Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea. (The greek god is Poseidon)