Wonderful Jupiter

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Wonderful Jupiter

Facts about JUPITER

Jupiter is 318 times heavier than Earth.

Being the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter was rightly named after the king of all gods in Roman Mythology. The Romans called this planet Jupiter because it was the largest object in the sky.

One year on Jupiter is equal to 12 years on Earth

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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a giant planet with a mass one-thousandth that of the Sun, but two-and-a-half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants ; the other two giant planets, Uranus and Neptune, are ice giants. Jupiter has been known to astronomers since antiquity. [14] The Romans named it after their god Jupiter. [15] When viewed from Earth, Jupiter can reach an apparent magnitude of −2.94, bright enough for its reflected light to cast shadows, [16] and making it on average the third-brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon and Venus.

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Jupiter has been explored on several occasions by robotic spacecraft, most notably during the early Pioneer and Voyager flyby missions and later by the Galileo orbiter. In late February 2007, Jupiter was visited by the New Horizons probe, which used Jupiter's gravity to increase its speed and bend its trajectory en route to Pluto. The latest probe to visit the planet is Juno, which entered into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016. [19] [20] Future targets for exploration in the Jupiter system include the probable ice-covered liquid ocean of its moon Europa

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The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet out from the sun and is two and a half times more massive than all other planets in the solar system combined. It is made primarily of gases.

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This image of Jupiter and its moons Io and Ganymede was acquired by amateur astronomer Damian Peach on Sept. 12, 2010, when Jupiter was close to opposition. South is up and the "Great Red Spot" is visible in the image. Ground-based astronomy will play a vital role in the success of NASA's Juno mission. Because Jupiter has such a dynamic atmosphere, images from amateur astronomers will assist the JunoCam instrument team predict what features will be visible when the camera's images are taken. With its suite of science instruments, the Juno spacecraft will investigate the existence of a solid planetary core, map the planet's intense magnetic field, measure the amount of water and ammonia in the deep atmosphere and observe the planet's auroras.

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It is approximately 143,000 kilometers (about 89,000 miles) wide at its equator. Jupiter is so large that all of the other planets in the solar system could fit inside it. More than 1,300 Earths would fit inside Jupiter.

What is Jupiter

Jupiter is like a star in composition. If Jupiter had been about 80 times more massive, it would have become a star rather than a planet.

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