Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a giant planet a gas giant.

A prominent result is the Great Red Spot, a giant storm is known to have exist. Surrounding Jupiter is a faint planetary ring system and a powerful magnetosphere. Jupiter has 79 known moons, including the four large Galilean moons explored by Galileo Galilei. Ganymede, the largest of these, has a diameter greater than that of the planet Mercury.

Jupiter
An image of Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

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