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Jupiter Is The Fifth Plane T From The Sun And: Galileo

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, with a mass more than twice that of all other planets combined. Galileo first observed Jupiter and its four largest moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto - in 1610 using a telescope, providing evidence that supported Copernicus's theory that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun rather than Earth being at the center of the universe. Jupiter is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium and may have a rocky core, and its rapid rotation causes it to have a bulged equator.

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Jupiter Is The Fifth Plane T From The Sun And: Galileo

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, with a mass more than twice that of all other planets combined. Galileo first observed Jupiter and its four largest moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto - in 1610 using a telescope, providing evidence that supported Copernicus's theory that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun rather than Earth being at the center of the universe. Jupiter is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium and may have a rocky core, and its rapid rotation causes it to have a bulged equator.

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JUPITER-THE LARGEST PLANET

Jupiter is the fifth plane t from the Sun and by far the largest. Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined (the mass of Jupiter is 318 times that of Earth). Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus). In 1610 Galileo first pointed a telescope at the sky and discovered Jupiter's four moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) and recorded their motions back and forth

around Jupiter. This was the first discovery of a center of motion not apparently centered on the Earth. It was a major point in favor of Copernicus's heliocentric theory of the motions of the planets. Jupiter, along with Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. It is not primarily composed of solid matter but is 93% hydrogen and 7% helium; it may also have a rocky core of heavier elements. Because of its rapid rotation the planet is an oblate spheroid (it possesses a slight but noticeable bulge around the equator).

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