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JUPITER
ATMOSPHERE EXTERNAL FEATURES AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF JUPITER
STRUCTURE
Zone (high-pressure
region of rising gases)
Atmosphere of mainly
hydrogen and helium
Red-colored
Stratosphere storm
White clouds of
ammonia crystals Outer mantle
merging into
atmosphere
Dark orange
clouds of ammonium
Troposphere hydrosulfide crystals
Bluish clouds of water
ice and water droplets

Inner mantle 18,500
COMPOSITION miles (30,000 km) thick
Hydrogen about 90%
Helium about 10%
Plume
Traces of ammonia, (trailing
methane, and water cloud)
vapor
High-altitude
North polar white cloud
aurora
Outer mantle of liquid
North Temperate Zone
hydrogen and helium
Inner mantle of
North Temperate Belt
metallic hydrogen
Rocky core 17,500 miles
North Tropical (28,000 km) in diameter Core temperature
Zone
54,000°F (30,000°C)
North Equatorial
Belt

Equatorial Zone

South Belt (low-pressure
Equatorial Belt region of sinking
gases)
South
Tropical Zone
South
Temperate Belt
White oval
South (temporary
Temperate Zone
anticyclonic
Cloudtop
storm system)
Flash of lightning Great Red Spot temperature
(anticyclonic -180°F (-120°C)
storm system)
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