Top 10 Facts On Jupiter By NASA

By Khushi thakur JULY  24, 2024

Jupiter is so big that 11 Earths will fit inside it. The radius of Jupiter is 43,440.7 miles (69,911 kilometers).

Jupiter size

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Jupiter is the 5th planet in our solar system. Jupiter is about 484 million miles (778 million kilometers) away from our Sun.

Jupiter LocATION

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Jupiter experience most shortest days in our solar system that lasts only for 10 hours. And it around 12 Earth years for Jupiter to complete orbit around the Sun.

Jupiter orbit & rotation

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is there due to the gigantic storm of the planet twice the size of Earth and has kept on going over the century.

Jupiter great spot

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Jupiter is a gas giant ball, haves gases and liquid swirling around and does not have a surface along with extreme temperature.

Jupiter INside

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Jupiter has several stripes and spots, the atmosphere of this planet is made up of hydrogen (H2) and helium (He). There are 3 layers of clouds that span about 44 miles (71 kilometers).

Jupiter atmosphere

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Jupiter's ring was discovered in 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, this ring was formed by the dust of the meteoroid smashed on the planet's moon.

Jupiter RINGED WORLD

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Jupiter's started forming along with our solar system around 4.5 billion years ago. Gravitational pull on gas and dust formed this planet.

Jupiter FORMATION

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Jupiter has around 95 moons  four large moons and many smaller moons. The four largest moons are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

Jupiter Moon

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Jupiter has no potential for life temperatures, pressures, and materials to make an extreme place for organisms to survive.

Jupiter life

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