Jupiter Timeline

By monty1234

  • Galileo views Jupiter through homemade telescope

    Galileo had a closer look at Jupiter and its moons

  • Robert Hooke discovers the Great Red Spot on Jupiter

  • methane and ammonia are discovered in the atmesphere

  • accidental discovory of radio waves from Jupiter

  • Pioneer spacecrafts first sent to Jupiter

    in the 1970's the Pioneer spacecrafts were sent to Jupiter. In 1989 the Galileo spacecraft was launched

  • Pioneer 11 launched and is on its way to Jupiter, Saturn, and the out side of the solar system

  • Pioneer 10 spacecraft reaches Jupiter

    On November 6, 1973, Pioneer 10 started taking its first pictures of Jupiter

  • Great Red Spot is found to be rotating

  • faint ring system is discovered

  • a comet crashes right onto Jupiter's surface

  • Galileo space craft reaches Jupiter and goes into orbit

  • The Great Dark Spot is discovered on Jupiter

  • Pioneer 10 sends its last signal to Earth

  • NASA directs space craft Galileo into Jupiter