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2 days ago · Jupiter, the most massive planet in the solar system and the fifth in distance from the Sun. It is one of the brightest objects in the night sky; only the Moon, Venus, and sometimes Mars are more brilliant. Jupiter takes nearly 12 Earth years to orbit the Sun, and it rotates once about every 10 hours.
2 days ago · Jupiter - Interior, Core, Gases: The atmosphere of Jupiter constitutes only a very small fraction of the planet, much as the skin of an apple compares with its contents.
4 days ago · Astronomy. In a solar system full of wonders, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot still stands out. This lushly red oval is obvious even through small telescopes, looking like a baleful eye staring out ...
1 day ago · With Jupiter some 534 million miles (860 million km) from Earth at the point of impact, the effects of the collision would prove hard to see. But one thing was certain: giant Jupiter was in for a ...
2 days ago · The planets, in order of their distance outward from the Sun, are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Four planets—Jupiter through Neptune—have ring systems, and all but Mercury and Venus have one or more moons.
3 days ago · Jupiter - Rings, Moons, Gas Giant: As the Pioneer 10 spacecraft sped toward its closest approach to Jupiter in 1974, it detected a sudden decrease in the density of charged particles roughly 125,000 km (78,000 miles) from Jupiter, just inside the orbit of its innermost moon, Metis.
3 days ago · High precision real time tracking tool for Jupiter which can be used identify Jupiter and follow its movements across deep sky stellar fields.
