EPSC 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Lagrangian Point, Hydrothermal Vent, Sulfite
1 May 2016
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Lead jupiter around its orbit and follow it around. Balanced in exact pint lagrangian point: point where gravitational attractions of jupiter and sun are completely balanced, so object is completely still, angle is 60 degrees. Rotates on own access i only 9 hours fastest spinning body: 2nd fastest: saturn. Hydrogen-helium atmosphere that is visible: hydrogen compressed into liquid metallic form, this produces a magnetic field that is possible 100(0) times stronger than that of earth. Has rings: made of dust, not as reflective as rings of saturn weren"t seen until we got close enough to jupiter to see them. Moons: 67 known moons, some very small, 4 discovered by galileo called galilean moons of jupter. Largest and most massive moon in solar system. Iron/iron sulphite core: at least partially liquid, we know this because: has magnetic field. Bigger in diameter than/around same size as mercury but less massive.
