Jupiter's surface is a maelstrom of clouds undulating in stormy patterns that cover the entire planet. You dive below the surface to seek the source of Jupiter's uneasy turbulence. You find that below the layers of clouds are streams of gases which rise up from the bowels of the planet to fuel the storms.
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World Book Artcile on Jupiter ... The force of gravity at the surface of Jupiter is up to 2.4 times stronger than on Earth. Thus, an object that weighs 100 pounds on Earth would weigh as much as 240 pounds on Jupiter.
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THE GREAT RED SPOT: Jupiter's surface is covered in dark "belts" with lighter zones between them. These areas are created by atmospheric movements. Along these belts and zones, are light and dark oval spots that are storm winds.
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The force of gravity at the surface of Jupiter is up to 2.4 times stronger than on Earth. ... The force of gravity at the surface of Jupiter is up to 2.4 times stronger than on Earth. Thus, an object that weighs 100 pounds on Earth would weigh as much as 240 pounds on Jupiter.
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However, if we were to go deep down into Jupiter's atmosphere, things wouldn't be "usually." Two things happen the deeper we go -- the pressure increases, and the temperature ... Inside Jupiter, pressure eventually wins, and the atmosphere gets thicker and thicker. It probably ends up being more like a liquid than a gas.
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QUESTION: With the observer, were you able to find anything about Jupiter's surface? Especially how big it is, compared to the outer atmosphere. ANSWER from Laura Barnard on April 1, 1997: Galileo has not provided us any new information on the possible solid surface of Jupiter.
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All About Jupiter ... Jupiter is the largest planet within our solar system, located five planets from the Sun. Jupiter has a total radius of nearly 70,000 kilometers, which is second only to that of the Sun’s 696,000 kilometer radius.
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May 22, 2008: In what's beginning to look like a case of planetary measles, a third red spot has appeared alongside its cousins — the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. — in the turbulent Jovian atmosphere. This third red spot, which is a fraction of the size of the two other features, ... Search News Releases...
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"Jupiter is one of the Gas Giants. When you see pictures of it, you're really looking at a thick layer of hydrogen and helium clouds that completely cover the planet. If we would really want to try to see Jupiter's surface, we'd have to send something through all those clouds which are a few thousand kilometers deep.
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"The first color movie of Jupiter from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows what it would look like to peel the entire globe of Jupiter, stretch it out on a wall into the form of a rectangular map, and watch its atmosphere evolve with time.
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