The Universe is Way Bigger Than You Think part3 - Jupiter

in #universe7 years ago

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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. In diameter at its equator is 142,984 km solely based on diameter, Jupiter is 11.2 times the size of the Earth

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Jupiter is primarily composed of hydrogen with a quarter of its mass being helium and he has no solid surface thats why it is classified as gas giant
He is located at 741 million km from the Sun that is 5 times farther than Earth and because of that he needs 12 Earth years to complete orbit around the Sun
Jupiter has biggest storms in solar system that last forever. Great Red Spot, a giant storm that is known to have existed since at least the 17th century when it was first seen by telescope
Jupiter has at least 69 moons, including the four large Galilean moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Ganymede is the largest almost tvice the size of our moon other big moons are Io,Europa and Callisto

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