Jupiter is the largest planet in the Greek mythology.
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Jupiter is a planet made mostly of telescope and are now called the Galilean moons. This was also the first observation of moons other than Earth's.
There is one feature of Jupiter that is very distinct. Jupiter has something called the Great Red Spot. While this feature looks something like a big ketchup smudge on the planet, it is actually a very, very big hurricane. The spot was first discovered by Cassini (an Italian astronomer) in 1665. That means the storm has lasted hundreds of years. Even from Earth, you can see the spot using a telescope. The storm is bigger than three Earths put together. Scary, huh?
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- Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky.
- Jupiter is 2.5 times bigger than all the planets combined.
- This giant is 318 times the size of Earth.
- If you weigh a hundred pounds on Earth, you would weigh 236 pounds on Jupiter.
- A day on Jupiter is less than 11 hours.
- It takes Jupiter about 12 Earth years to go around the Sun.
