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Jupiter's Moons
Jupiter has 79 (discovered) moons. Some of them haven't even been officially named yet.
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Jupiter's Moons
Jupiter has 79 (discovered) moons. Some of them haven't even been officially named.
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Jupiter: The Grandest Planet
Source: NASAEleven Earths could fit across Jupiter’s equator. If Earth were the size of a grape, Jupiter would be the size of a basketball.
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Jupiter: Fifth Planet From Our Star
Source: NASAJupiter orbits about 484 million miles (778 million kilometers) or 5.2 Astronomical Units (AU) from our Sun (Earth is one AU from the Sun).
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Jupiter: Short Day/Long Year
Source: NASAJupiter rotates once about every 10 hours (a Jovian day), but takes about 12 Earth years to complete one orbit of the Sun (a Jovian year).
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Jupiter: What's Inside
Source: NASAJupiter is a gas giant and so lacks an Earth-like surface. If it has a solid inner core at all, it’s likely only about the size of Earth.
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Jupiter: Massive World, Light Elements
Source: NASAJupiter's atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen (H2) and helium (He).
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Jupiter: Worlds Galore
Source: NASAJupiter has more than 75 moons.
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Jupiter: Ringed World
Source: NASAIn 1979 the Voyager mission discovered Jupiter’s faint ring system. All four giant planets in our solar system have ring systems.
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Jupiter: Exploring Jupiter
Source: NASANine spacecraft have visited Jupiter. Seven flew by and two have orbited the gas giant. Juno, the most recent, arrived at Jupiter in 2016.
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Jupiter: Ingredients for Life
Source: NASAJupiter cannot support life as we know it. But some of Jupiter's moons have oceans beneath their crusts that might support life.
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Jupiter: Super Storm
Source: NASAJupiter's Great Red Spot is a gigantic storm that’s about twice the size of Earth and has raged for over a century.
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