Jupiter

The largest planet in the Solar system Jupiter is now viewable from within World Wind (using version 1.3.4 or above), also available are the Galilean moons Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io.

Introduction to Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, named after the father of the Roman gods and godesses, Jupiter is two and a half times more massive than the combined mass of the other planets in our Solar system.  For a much more detailed description see the wikipedia Jupiter page, there are also two educational pages at NASA Learning technologies planet Jupiter and What's The Difference, and a NASA fact sheet about Venus.

Jupiter Tutorial
A flash tutorial that explains how to view Jupiter in World Wind can be found at the World Wind Tours Homepage.

Viewing Jupiter
You can view Jupiter by selecting, or after launching World Wind by switching to Jupiter from the   menu. 

Jupiter Layers
Jupiter or Jupiter's Moons can be toggled on and off by clicking the corresponding icons in World Winds toolbar (see image below). 

Jupiter

 * Jupiter.

Jupiter's Moons
The different Jovian moons can be viewed by clicking the radio buttons in World Wind's Layer Manager (see below). 



Jupiter Videos
Some videos taken using NASA Worldwind.


 * Youtube streaming video of Jupiter
 * Youtube streaming video of Io

Related Links

 * Mars for World Wind page
 * Venus for World Wind page
 * Moon for World Wind page
 * SDSS for World Wind page
 * wikipedia Jupiter page

Credits

 * James Whitaker