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OCR: ATMOSPHERE Cloud top Aerosols Composition km depth Ammonia Jupiter atmosphere is largely hvdrogen (90% by 3-5 km depth volume) and helium (4 .5% by volume). Ammonia, methane, ethane acetylene, water vapor, phosphine, carbon monoxi ide, and germanium tertrahydride are Ammonium present in 9 small by volume) quantites The (each very top between of the 0.1 and Hydrosulphide 0000001 atmosphere, however, is dominated by the molecules 60km depth shown in the chart to the left. It is these layers 01 molecules that compose the colorful bands of clouds Water lce Crystals seen on Jupiter and Water Droplets 100km depth The basic layers (troposphere, stratosphere etc.) of Jupiter atmosphere resemble those of the Earth though each layer is about twice the thickness of the corresponding layer of the Eart ...