Explanation writing: Why is Jupiter SOO huge?

Why is Jupiter SOO huge?

Today I will be explaining the cause as to why Jupiter is as huge as it is as far as we know, as well as some additional facts sprinkled into the mix.

The main reason why Jupiter is so huge is because Jupiter was originally going to burn into a star, a star is basically, imagine an ordinary star you see in the night sky but, bigger, brighter, hotter, and in the center of the solar system. An example of a star would be the sun which gives us day, the sun is the main reason we can jump and fall back to Earth because something called gravity keeps us from floating away into space.

The reason why Jupiter was unable to transform into a lovely star like the sun is because Jupiter was unfortunately still way too small to start burning into one, because of the fact that Jupiter is unable to morph into a star people nickname Jupiter a “failed star” but some people believe that nickname makes no sense considering Jupiter would need to be 83-85 times the mass of itself to become a tiny star.

I feel like one other reason Jupiter couldn’t become even a tiny star is because of the fact that Jupiter is a gas giant, in fact, Jovian planets are failed stars since they are still composed of the same material like stars but lack the mass to develop into stars like it’s parent star. Jovian planets are the outer planets of the solar system, they are separated from the terrestrial planets with the help of the asteroid belt. They are primarily gas giants and have many moons, Jupiter has 64!

Another reason Jupiter could never start smouldering into a star like its parent is Jupiter’s usual temperature is -238° Fahrenheit which is unusually cold considering the sun is a big ball of flame, also Jupiter’s wind speeds are 432 km/h which may be the least threatening to Uranus and Neptune, but at the very least could make you feel like your in two category 4 tornadoes, just so you know, Uranus and Neptune are Jupiter’s neighbouring planets.

Jupiter could also have been prevented from becoming a star because of its current living conditions, by its living conditions I mean that, it's a Jovian planet and already has several moons orbiting around it plus, it’s behind the asteroid belt/the warmer region so it’s in the colder region which could be another factor contributing to Jupiter’s temperature and another reason why Jupiter isn’t a star.

And with that, that’s all the reasons why I personally think that Jupiter is as huge as it is today.

What's your favourite planet?

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Te Marae o Waitaha

As part of te reo Maori, we learnt the pepeha/whakapapa of Nga Marae Ki Waitaha.

I chose Rapaki Marae. These places are important to Kai Tahu whanui.

Make Your Name!

 Today in class I participated in a challenge called the "Make your name" challenge.

Basically I had to take pictures of real life to correspond to the letters in my name.

Everyone was split up into pairs, I was with Zyah. We were given an iPad and decided to do Zyah's name first.

We took FOREVER! Trying to find an object that starts with Y, we ultimately chose a yellow boat.

After we finished Zyah's pictures, we did mine. When we were trying to find objects for my name to take a picture of we just kinda were messing around with it, Zyah said we could use her tights for T but I changed it to tree.

After we finished taking our pictures we went onto Pic collage on the iPad and made a collage with our photos to create our names, when I finished Zyah decided to change hers to look snazzier like mine and we took two pictures and two videos. I shared my pic collage to myself and started messing around with the camera settings on the iPad.

First we did the slow-mo and made ourselves look awesome, then we did a time lapse and the time lapse made us look like Sonic.

When we stopped messing around we finally put away the iPad and figured out we had to do a blog post several minutes after finishing, and that's how we're here.

I loved taking pictures and creating the pic collage, but trying to find objects for each individual letter was really hard. I really loved it though.

Have you ever made a pic collage before?

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