In Depth | Jupiter – NASA Solar System Exploration
As a gas giant, Jupiter doesn’t have a true surface. The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Jupiter, it wouldn’t be able to fly through unscathed either.
Jupiter By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
May 7, 2024 · Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and the largest in the solar system – more than twice as massive as the other planets combined.
10 Need-to-Know Things About Jupiter - NASA Solar System …
Jupiter is a gas giant and so lacks an Earth-like surface. If it has a solid inner core at all, it’s likely only about the size of Earth.
In Depth | Venus – NASA Solar System Exploration
It's a cloud-swaddled planet named for a love goddess, often called Earth’s twin. But pull up a bit closer, and Venus turns hellish. Our nearest planetary neighbor, the second planet from the Sun, has a surface hot enough to melt lead. The atmosphere is so thick that, from the surface, the Sun is just a smear of light.
In Depth | Europa – NASA Solar System Exploration
Surface. Europa’s water-ice surface is crisscrossed by dark, reddish-brown cracks. Based on the small number of observable craters, the surface of this moon appears to be no more than 40 to 90 million years old, which is youthful in geologic terms (the surface of Callisto, another of Jupiter’s moons, is estimated to be a few billion years old).
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration
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Overview | Galileo – NASA Solar System Exploration
A global ocean of liquid water exists under the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. 2 Galileo magnetic data provide evidence that the moons Ganymede and Callisto also likely have a liquid saltwater layer.
Europa By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
Dec 19, 2024 · Europa is one of the largest of Jupiter’s more than 90 moons. It's the sixth-closest moon to the planet.
10 Need-to-Know Things About Io - NASA Solar System Exploration
Io orbits the planet Jupiter, which itself orbits the Sun at a distance of 484 million miles (778 million kilometers).
Io: A Volcanic Puzzle – NASA Solar System Exploration
Nov 9, 1995 · Like our own Moon, some of the Jupiter's 53 known moons are covered with impact craters, showing where meteorites smashed into the surface. But Io is covered with hundreds of volcanic craters which continually spew forth fresh material, resurfacing the …