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The fifth planet from the Sun in the Earth's
solar system. Jupiter has been known since prehistoric times.
142,984 kilometers
1899 * 1024 kilograms
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Jupiter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass slightly less than one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times th...
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Jupiter/Earth Comparison ... Jupiter Observational Parameters ... Jupiter Mean Orbital Elements (J2000)
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NSSDC Lunar & Planetary Science: Jupiter Page ... Missions to Jupiter ... Jupiter Fact Sheet...
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World Book Artcile on Jupiter ... The layers of dense clouds around Jupiter appear in a photograph of the planet taken by the Voyager 1 space probe. The large, oval-shaped mark on the clouds is the Great Red Spot. The spot is believed to be an intense atmospheric disturbance.
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Explore Jupiter and its moons, planet facts. ... Explore Jupiter ... Jupiter is the largest...
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Galileo plunged into Jupiter's crushing atmosphere on Sept. 21, 2003. The spacecraft was deliberately destroyed to protect one of its own discoveries - a possible ocean beneath the icy crust of the moon Europa.
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