Planetarium All-sky charts Sky rotation diagram Star atlas The solar system 3D Moon map Object-finder charts Rising & setting times Live twilight map World timezone map The Earth in space The Universe in 3D The moons of Jupiter Weather forecast Custom graphs More.. Jupiter - Interior, Core, Gases: The atmosphere of Jupiter constitutes only a very small fraction of the planet, much as the skin of an apple compares with its contents. Because nothing can be directly observed below this thin outer layer, indirect conclusions are drawn from the evidence in order to determine the composition of the interior of Jupiter. The observed quantities with which.
In the diagram, Jupiter and the moons are modeled as triaxial ellipsoids, and are drawn with latitude and longitude contours at 15 degree intervals. Illuminated regions are indicated with black lines; unilluminated regions and terminators are shown as light gray. Penumbral shadows are not indicated.. English: Diagram of Jupiter, its interior, surface features, rings, and inner moons. A 3D renderer was used to make the skeleton for this picture so everything is drawn to scale (except the aurorae). F-stop used is estimated at f/.308.Sources: 1, 2, 3, and the wikipedia articles Jupiter & Rings of Jupiter. * This diagram was drawn precisely to the specifications in the sources.