JUPITER

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• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun, it orbits from 484 million miles away.
• Jupiter orbits around the Sun once every 11.86 Earth years.
• Jupiter rotates on its axis once in a little less than 10 hours

APPEARANCE

• Largest planet in our solar system
• Colorful bands
• The Great Red Spot
• Striped appearance

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• Size: largest planet, could hold more than 1300 earths.
• Mass:1.89813 × 1027 kilograms, 2.5 times more massive than other planets.
• Moons: 63,Largest moons of Jupiter are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
• Discovered by Galileo Galilee. They are known as the Galilean satellites.
• Rings: 3, found by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979

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• Composition: gas giant, Internal structure:fluid metallic hydrogen,gaseous and liquid hydrogen.
• Gravity: 2.5 that of earth, Jupiuter's surface gravity is about 23.6N/kg, 100 lbs = 235 lbs on jupiter
• Atmosphere:89.8% molecular hydrogen, 10.2% helium, ammonia, hydrogen deuteride, ethane, water,ammonia hydrosulfide
• Temperature: Averages -234 degrees Fahrenheit.

THE GREAT RED SPOT

• A huge hurricane like storm
• It has been going on for nearly 400 years.
• Three Earths could fit inside it.

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• Jupiter is the number one travel destination in our solar system.
• It is the largest planet.
• You can see the Great Red Spot.
• You should bring warm clothes since it's very cold there.
• The clouds give it pretty colors and it's nice to look at.