He answers the question as follows: "Nearly all scientists who study the formation of planets believe that Jupiter formed in a very different manner than stars form, so that calling Jupiter a 'failed star' is misleading. Get smart. Sign Up. Support science journalism. Knowledge awaits.
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Each are much fainter than Saturn's rings. The main ring is flattened. It is about 20 miles 30 km thick and more than 4, miles 6, km wide. The inner cloud-like ring, called the halo, is about 12, miles 20, km thick. The halo is caused by electromagnetic forces that push grains away from the plane of the main ring. This structure extends halfway from the main ring down to the planet's cloud tops and expands. Both the main ring and halo are composed of small, dark particles of dust.
The third ring, known as the gossamer ring because of its transparency, is actually three rings of microscopic debris from three of Jupiter's moons, Amalthea, Thebe and Adrastea. It is probably made up of dust particles less than 10 microns in diameter, about the same size of the particles found in cigarette smoke, and extends to an outer edge of about 80, miles , km from the center of the planet and inward to about 18, miles 30, km.
Ripples in the rings of both Jupiter and Saturn may be signs of impacts from comets and asteroids. Voyager 1 and 2 helped astronomers create the first detailed maps of the Galilean satellites, discovered Jupiter's rings, revealed sulfur volcanoes on Io and detected lightning in Jupiter's clouds. Ulysses discovered the solar wind has a much greater impact on Jupiter's magnetosphere than what was previously suggested. New Horizons took close-up pictures of Jupiter and its largest moons.
In , Galileo sent a probe plunging toward Jupiter, making the first direct measurements of the planet's atmosphere and measuring the amount of water and other chemicals there. When Galileo ran low on fuel, the craft was intentionally crashed into Jupiter to avoid any risk of it slamming into and contaminating Europa, which might have an ocean below its surface capable of supporting life. Juno is the only mission at Jupiter at the moment. Juno studies Jupiter from a polar orbit to figure out how it and the rest of the solar system formed, which could shed light on how alien planetary systems might have developed.
One of its key findings so far was discovering that Jupiter's core may be larger than what scientists expected. Jupiter was the first planet in our solar system to form.
It was probably born much closer to the Sun before migrating to its current position about 4 billion years ago, scattering asteroids and comets with its gravity in the process. Some of those asteroids and comets slammed into early Earth, possibly bringing water here in the process — the key ingredient for life as we know it.
By studying Jupiter and comparing it to similar exoplanets, we learn how solar systems evolve and the possibilities for life elsewhere. Jupiter's magnetic field also causes some of the solar system's most spectacular aurorae at the planet's poles. Introduction Jupiter is the fifth planet from our Sun and is, by far, the largest planet in the solar system — more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. A 3D model of Jupiter, a gas giant planet.
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