
How long is a day on this planet?
One Jupiter day is about 10 Earth hours long. You have to say "about" because different parts of Jupiter rotate about its axis at different speeds. This is caused by the fact that Jupiter is mostly gases that are in constant motion and sometimes going in opposite directions. Some efforts have been made to try and measure the rotation speed of the inner rocky core of Jupiter, but that has proved to be quite difficult to accomplish due to the magnetic fields that surround Jupiter and the very active radio energy that is generated by the atmosphere of Jupiter, which interferes with measuring techniques like radar that has been used to measure the surface of Venus and Mars.
How long is a year on this planet?
The Great Red Spot Jupiter EclipsesOne year on Jupiter is 4,335 Earth days or 11.87 Earth years long.
A Jupiter year is about equal to four-tenths (or two-fifths) of a Saturn year. Thus after every two Saturn years, Jupiter has completed five full orbits about the Sun. So after 59 years, Saturn and Jupiter will be back in nearly the same position. When the orbits of two planets are simple ratios of each other like this, it is called a resonance.
How much would Jupiter's gravity pull on me?
A Jupiter year is about equal to four-tenths (or two-fifths) of a Saturn year. Thus after every two Saturn years, Jupiter has completed five full orbits about the Sun. So after 59 years, Saturn and Jupiter will be back in nearly the same position. When the orbits of two planets are simple ratios of each other like this, it is called a resonance.
How much would Jupiter's gravity pull on me?
If you were floating close to the cloud tops of Jupiter, it would pull you down with a force about two and a half times as strong as the force of Earth's gravity.
Jupiter's rapid rotation causes the equator to bulge out. This would also cancel out about 10 percent of gravity's force on you if you were at the equator. The amount of this counteraction becomes lower the closer you get to the poles.
Jupiter's rapid rotation causes the equator to bulge out. This would also cancel out about 10 percent of gravity's force on you if you were at the equator. The amount of this counteraction becomes lower the closer you get to the poles.
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