EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Atmosphere and Weather: Jupiter’s extremely dense and relatively dry atmosphere is composed of a mixture of hydrogen, helium and much smaller amounts of methane and ammonia. The same mixture of elements which made Jupiter also made the Sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -The composition of Jupiter is similar to that of the Sun – mostly hydrogen and helium. Deep in the atmosphere, pressure and temperature increase, compressing the hydrogen gas into a liquid. This gives Jupiter the largest ocean in the solar system – an ocean made of hydrogen instead of water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jupiter is made up predominantly of hydrogen. The simple, basic gas, a prime ingredient on the sun, accounts for 90 percent of the atmosphere. Nearly 10 percent is composed of helium.

Detailed explanation-4: -JUPITER’S ATMOSPHERE IS MOSTLY HYDROGEN AND HELIUM, WHICH ARE THE LIGHTEST AND MOST ABUNDANT GASES IN THE UNIVERSE. The weather on Earth is mainly driven by heat from the sun. But the sunlight on Jupiter is 25 times weaker than that on Earth, yet its winds are three to four times stronger.

Detailed explanation-5: -A large planet such as Jupiter has enough gravity to hold on to most of its hydrogen and helium, which is why these elements dominate the atmospheres of gas giants. But the gravity of Earth isn’t strong enough, so Earth’s early atmosphere of helium and free hydrogen evaporated into space.