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JUPITER

Roman mythology- The King of the Roman Gods earned name as largest planet in the solar system

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Features

Earth Comparison

If You Were There

2 1/2 times larger than all the other planets combined
take 1,300 Earths to fill Jupiter
everything around Jupiter is an constant motion
clouds swirl in dizzying combinations of patterns and colors coldest and highest clouds appear red lowest and warmest clouds appear blue other clouds are tan
there is an oval known as the Great Red Spot it is the biggest and longest-lasting of all of Jupiter's storms and in the universe
surface vast ocean of liquid hydrogen molten medal as it spins the metal creating electric currents that make a magnetic field around the planet stretching millions of miles into the solar system
it grew so large because it formed in an area cold enough for water to freeze ice mixed with rocky particles to create the core
if it had been more massive the temperature and pressure at its core would have been high enough to make nuclear reactions so it would then be a star
it has 16 moons closet moon is Io has active volcanoes only other thing in the solar system besides Earth that has active volcanoes next closest moon is Europa smoothest thing in the solar system next closest Ganymede next closest Callisto the're all bigger than Pluto
3 Earths could fit inside the Great Red Spot
no solid surface
ocean hotter than 18,000^oF
shortest days in the solar system less than 10 Earth hours

A year on Jupiter would be 11.86 Earth years

If you were 10 years old on Earth you would be 10 months old on Jupiter
if you weigh 100 lb. on Earth you would weigh 254 lb. on Jupiter

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*Features*	*Earth Comparison*	*If You Were There*
2 1/2 times larger than all the other planets combined take 1,300 Earths to fill Jupiter everything around Jupiter is an constant motion clouds swirl in dizzying combinations of patterns and colors coldest and highest clouds appear red lowest and warmest clouds appear blue other clouds are tan there is an oval known as the Great Red Spot it is the biggest and longest-lasting of all of Jupiter's storms and in the universe surface vast ocean of liquid hydrogen molten medal as it spins the metal creating electric currents that make a magnetic field around the planet stretching millions of miles into the solar system it grew so large because it formed in an area cold enough for water to freeze ice mixed with rocky particles to create the core if it had been more massive the temperature and pressure at its core would have been high enough to make nuclear reactions so it would then be a star it has 16 moons closet moon is Io has active volcanoes only other thing in the solar system besides Earth that has active volcanoes next closest moon is Europa smoothest thing in the solar system next closest Ganymede next closest Callisto the're all bigger than Pluto 3 Earths could fit inside the Great Red Spot no solid surface ocean hotter than 18,000^oF shortest days in the solar system less than 10 Earth hours	A year on Jupiter would be 11.86 Earth years	If you were 10 years old on Earth you would be 10 months old on Jupiter if you weigh 100 lb. on Earth you would weigh 254 lb. on Jupiter