Jupiter (early Bird Astronomy)

THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK by Rosanna Hansen d LERner Publications Company • Minneapolis For Kaylie and Finn, two shining stars in my universe The images in this book are used with the permission of: NASA/JPL, pp. 4, 14, 19, 20, 28, 30, 31, 32 (both), 34 (both), 37, 41 (inset), 48 (both); © Space Frontiers/Taxi/Getty Images, p. 5; © Hulton Archive/Getty Images, pp. 6, 8; © TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images, p. 7; The Granger Collection, New York, p. 9; AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, James D. DeCamp, p. 10; NASA, pp. 11, 26; © Laura Westlund/Independent Picture Service, pp. 12-13, 17, 18, 27; © Antonio M. Rosario/Photographer’s Choice/Getty Images, p. 15; The International Astronomical Union/Martin Kornmesser, p. 16; © StockTrek/Photodisc/Getty Images, pp. 21, 39; © Ron Miller, p. 22; M. Wong and I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley), p. 23; © Jafaris Mustafa/Dreamstime.com, p. 24; © Marta Johnson, p. 25; NASA/John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute, p. 29; NASA/HQ/GRIN, pp. 33 (left), 36; © Photodisc/Getty Images, p. 33 (right); © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS, p. 35; © Time Life Pictures/NASA/Getty Images, pp. 38, 42; © Michael Benson/Kinetikon Pictures/ CORBIS, p. 40; © Space Frontiers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images, p. 41 (main); © Charlotte Nation/Riser/Getty Images, p. 43; © Denis Scott/CORBIS, p. 46; © Alan Williams/Alamy, p. 47. Front cover: © Antonio M. Rosario/Iconica/Getty Images. Back cover: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Copyright © 2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hansen, Rosanna. Jupiter / by Rosanna Hansen. p. cm. —  (Early bird astronomy) Includes index. ISBN 978–0–7613–4153–6 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)  1. Jupiter (Planet)—Juvenile literature. I. Title. QB661.H365 2010 523.45—dc22 2008045440 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – BP – 15 14 13 12 11 10 eISBN: 978-0-7613-5703-2 contents Be A Word Detective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 1 Caption to come. Caption KING OF THE PLANETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to come. Caption to6 Chapter 2 come. Caption to come. THE FIFTH PLANET FROM THE SUN. . . . . . . . 12 Chapter 3 JUPITER CLOSE-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Chapter 4 JUPITER’S CROWDED NEIGHBORHOOD . . . . . 28 Chapter 5 EXPLORING JUPITER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 A Note to Adults on Sharing a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Learn More about Jupiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Caption to come. Caption to come. Caption to come. Caption to come. 4 Be a Word Detective Can you find these words as you read about Jupiter? Be a detective and try to figure out what they mean. You can turn to the glossary on page 46 for help. astronomer gas giant spacecraft atmosphere orbit telescope axis rotate crater solar system 5 This statue shows the Roman god Jupiter. Why is the planet Jupiter named for this god?