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 Largest planet (5 th from Sun)  11 times larger than Earth (makes up 70 % of planetary matter)  Has a banded appearance due to atmosphere  Has 4 major satellites and at least 12 minor ones  Composed of light weight elements  Atmosphere- H and He in both gas and liquid form; has liquid metallic H; electric currents  Earth-sized core of heavier elements that have sunk.

 Spins fast (1 rotation= 10 hrs)  Shape is distorted because of fast spin  Has “Great Red Spot” which is a atmospheric storm that has been rotating around Jupiter for more than 300 years  Alternating cloud types  Belts- low, warm, dark-colored clouds that sink  Zones- high, cool, light-colored clouds that rise

 4 largest moons called satellites:  Io  Europa  Ganymede  Callisto  Composed of ice and rock mixtures  Jupiter’s ring is 6400 km wide

 Second largest planet  Atmosphere- rotates rapidly and has belts and zones; H and He and also ammonia ice  Most likely fluid throughout with small solid core

 Rings are composed of rock and ice (microscopic to size of houses)  7 major rings that are each made up of ringlets  18 known satellites  Titan (giant)  7 intermediate moons  10 small moons

 Discovered accidently  Has blue, velvety appearance  Atmosphere- methane gas (reflects blue light), H and He; few clouds  Completely fluid except small core  Axis is almost horizontal (Uranus was knocked sideways)  Each pole spends 42 years in darkness and 42 years in sunlight

 18 known moons and rings  Recently 3 more possible moons have been discovered  Rings are very dark, almost black  Were discovered when a star was covered by them

 Few details can be observed from Earth because of its distance away  Atmosphere- bluish color because of methane; has distinctive clouds  Had a persistent storm called the Great Dark Spot that disappeared in 1994

 Has eight moons (largest is Triton)  Triton orbits backwards  Has 6 rings that are comprised of dust particles