#1 Jupiter is the 2nd largest object in the night sky.

#2 The Greeks are the most famous for discovering

and catalogging Jupiter.

#3 The Great Red Spot is large enough to fit two

entire earths inside it.

#4 Jupiter has a gaseous atmosphere.

#5 Jupiter has sixteen moons trapped in orbit.

#6 Jupiter's four Galilean moons were named after

the famous mathemetician/astronomer Galileo.

#7 He discovered them with a homemade telescope.

#8 The four Galilean moon are Europa, Io, Ganymede,

and Callisto.