Jupiter

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 * Jupiter is the largest of all the planets. Its diameter is 142,984 kilometers at the equator.
 * Its mass is 1,900,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms.
 * It is 778,330,000 kilometers from the Sun.
 * Jupiter has invisible rings of gas which can be seen only with infared cameras.
 * Jupiter is 89% hydrogen and 10% helium with traces of "rock",methane, ammoina, and frozen water.
 * Jupiter is the largest a gas giant can be. If it was any bigger, it's gravity would be a star.



In the picture, you can see the rings of Jupiter. They are right along the equator in white. ​



The Great Red Spot


 * The Great Red Spot is a giant storm
 * It is like a hurricane in amny ways, but much larger.
 * This storm has been going for over 300 years.
 * The storm is 12,000 wide by 25,000 long km. This is large enough to fit two earths in it.
 * The core of the storm is 20,000,000,000 degrees.



Jupiter's Moons

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 * Io 3rd largest and 1 of 4 closest to Jupiter
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Europa Large, and icy moon
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ganymede Largest of all Jupiter's moon <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">[[image:http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/niel/astro1/slideshows/class41/010-jupiter-galilean-moons.jpg width="353" height="293" align="center" caption="Four of Jupiter's moons."]]
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Callisto Large, icy, and dark colored
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Leda Smallest moon
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Himalia Jupiter's 10th moon discovered
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Lysithea 11th moon
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Elara 12th moon
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Anaka 13th moon
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Carme 14th moon
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pasiphae15th moon
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sinope16th moon
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">S/1999 J 1 (provisoinal name) 17th and outermost moon