Sunday, July 12, 2009

3rd Fact: Interesting Facts about Jupiter

The Clouds on Jupiter are only 50 km thick

That's right, all those beautiful whirling clouds and storms you see on Jupiter are only about 50 km thick. They're made of ammonia crystals broken up into two different cloud decks. The darker material is thought to be compounds brought up from deeper inside Jupiter, and then change color in sunlight. But below those clouds, it's just hydrogen and helium, all the way down.

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