Jupiter

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 * [[image:http://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER1/00127486 width="124" height="115" caption="Jupiter's Great Red Spot"]]

Courtesy of NASA/JPL Jupiter 's Great Red Spot imaged by the spacecraft Voyager 1 in 1979 from a distance of 5.7 million miles (9.2 million kilometers) from the planet.

Source Citation:
"Jupiter's Great Red Spot." //Space Sciences//. Ed. Pat Dasch. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2010. //Gale Science In Context//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012 || **Source Citation** "Jupiter And Its Volcanic Moon Io." //UPI Photo Collection//. United Press International, 2010. //Educators Reference Complete//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCT4099953184&v=2.1&u=s0002&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w || The planet Jupiter. (Lushpix/Royalty Free.)

The planet Jupiter. (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) The planet Jupiter. (Lushpix/Royalty Free.)
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits ||
 * [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00207433.jpg width="158" height="111" caption="Image of "Jupiter""]]
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits || [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00207413.jpg width="146" height="140" caption="Image of "Jupiter""]]
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits || [[image:http://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER1/00002249 width="144" height="113" caption="Rings of Jupiter"]]

Photograph by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Telephoto view showing the rings of Jupiter.


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Source Citation:
"Rings of Jupiter." //Earth Sciences for Students//. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2010. //Gale Science In Context//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. || The planet Jupiter. (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) The planet Jupiter. (Photodisc/Royalty Free.) The Jupiter system montage. (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Jupiter. (AP Images.) This mosaic of Jupiter was constructed from images taken by the camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft. (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Jupiter's most famous feature is the Great Red Spot, an enormous high-pressure storm, like a hurricane. (Time Life Pictures/JPL/NASA/Getty Images.)
 * [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00207432.jpg width="182" height="146" caption="Image of "Jupiter""]]
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits || [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00207635.jpg width="180" height="167" caption="Image of "Jupiter""]]
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Photodisc/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits || [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00207428.jpg width="178" height="173" caption="Image of "Jupiter System Montage""]]
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter System Montage" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits ||
 * [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00213064.jpg width="136" height="171" caption="Image of "Jupiter""]]
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." (AP Images.) //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits || [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00207436.jpg width="136" height="168" caption="Image of "Jupiter's Mosaic""]]
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter's Mosaic" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits || [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00220770.jpg width="175" height="152" caption="Image of "Red Spot on Jupiter""]]
 * Source Citation:** "Red Spot on Jupiter." (Time Life Pictures/JPL/NASA/Getty Images.) //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits ||

**Works Cited** **Sources** : Include the source information for all of the magazine articles, reference sources (encyclopedias) and web site pages that were used to complete your project. The source information for encyclopedias may be found at the end or beginning of each entry in iCONN. When using periodicals, the publication information will be at the beginning or end of the article. This needs to be formatted for MLA standards. If it is not labeled 'Source Citation' it can be formatted appropriately by using EasyBib.com. You should use EasyBib for the web sites. The final Works Cited should be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. "Milky Way." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. "The Milky Way." //WMAP's Universe//. NASA, 28 June 2010. Web. 06 Mar. 2012. . Vergano, Dan. "Galaxy Bracketed by Big Bubbles." //USA Today// 10 Nov. 2010: 05A. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.
 * Sample:**

**Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //The Columbia Encyclopedia//, 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2000. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * Your Source List:**
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." (AP Images.) //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter's Mosaic" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Red Spot on Jupiter." (Time Life Pictures/JPL/NASA/Getty Images.) //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Photodisc/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter System Montage" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter System Montage" (Lushpix/Royalty Free.) Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale,

Source Citation:
"Jupiter's Great Red Spot." //Space Sciences//. Ed. Pat Dasch. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2010. //Gale Science In Context//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012 **Source Citation** "Jupiter And Its Volcanic Moon Io." //UPI Photo Collection//. United Press International, 2010. //Educators Reference Complete//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCT4099953184&v=2.1&u=s0002&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

**Topic: Research Focus**
 * What is your topic? Jupiter**
 * State the focus of your research: The planet**

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Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It can be seen without a telescope. It is named after the mightiest god in Roman mythology. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. It has the shortest day of any planet. A day on Jupiter is nine hours, 55 minutes, and 30 seconds long. It takes Jupiter nearly 12 years to travel around the sun. Jupiter is made mostly of hydrogen and helium gases. There is also a lot methane and ammonia. The temperature is -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-128 degrees Celsius). This makes Jupiter colder than Earth's polar regions. Humans could not survive on Jupiter. Jupiter has three rings--Halo,Main, and Gossamer --similar to those of Saturn but much smaller and fainter. An intense radiation belt lies between the rings and Jupiter's uppermost atmospheric layers. **Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //The Columbia Encyclopedia//, 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2000. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It can be seen without a telescope. Because of its size and brightness, it is named after the mightiest of the Roman gods, Jupiter. The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. There is also a lot of methane and ammonia. The temperature is -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-128 degrees Celsius), making Jupiter colder than Earth's polar regions. Because of the poisonous gases in the atmosphere and the extreme cold, humans could not survive a on Jupiter.
 * Jupiter's gases **
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits