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Jupiter: Doroftei Andreea

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is over 11 times the diameter of Earth and has twice as much mass as all the other planets combined. Jupiter has a turbulent atmosphere with giant storms, including the famous Great Red Spot which has been raging for over 300 years. Jupiter has 79 known moons, the four largest of which are known as the Galilean moons and were discovered by Galileo in 1610.

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Jupiter: Doroftei Andreea

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is over 11 times the diameter of Earth and has twice as much mass as all the other planets combined. Jupiter has a turbulent atmosphere with giant storms, including the famous Great Red Spot which has been raging for over 300 years. Jupiter has 79 known moons, the four largest of which are known as the Galilean moons and were discovered by Galileo in 1610.

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Jupiter

Doroftei Andreea
• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the solar system.
• Born 4.5 billion years ago Jupiter was the solar’s system’s first planet.
• It is approximately 11 Earths wide,it has twice the amount of mass as the other
planets put together.
• Jupiter has no solid surface it is composed of
Mythology

• The planet Jupiter has been known since ancient times. It is


visible to the naked eye in the night sky and can
occasionally be seen in the daytime when the Sun is low. To
the Babylonians, this object represented their god Marduk.
They used Jupiter's roughly 12-year orbit along
the ecliptic to define the constellations of their zodiac.
• The astronomical symbol for the planet, is a stylized
representation of the god's lightning bolt- Jupiter
The Great Red Spot
• Jupiter’s gassiest composition can be observed in it’s
atmosphere(about 44 miles thick)
• The atmosphere is a canvas of stripes and storms
• The Crimson Brown storm it’s a giant collection
of clouds with wind speed about 400 miles per h,
Known as the Great Red Spot.
The Crimson storm has been raging for 300 years.
Moons
• Jupiter has 79 known natural satellites 63 Of these are less
than 10 kilometres in diameter and have only been discovered
since 1975. The four largest moons, visible from Earth with
binoculars on a clear night, known as the "Galilean moons", are
Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
• They were discovered in 1610 by Galileo
• During the solar’s system earliest days,Jupiter being the first planet to
form attracted and destroyed space debris that would have helped the
other planets grow in size.

• Today that force may serve as a shield by attracting comets and


asteroids onto Jupiter’s own surface preventing them from crashing
onto inner planets like Earth.
Interesting Facts About Jupiter

• Jupiter’s Magnetic Field Is 14 Times Stronger Than Earth’s


• Jupiter Is The Fastest Spinning Planet In The Solar System
• Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets.
9 hours and 55 minutes
• The Clouds On Jupiter Are Only 50 km Thick
• Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the solar system
• Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system.
• Lightning storms make it rain diamonds on Jupiter.

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