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Jupiter is 11 times the size of the planet earth and could contain 1,300 planets the size of our. sources the bbok going inside junior science and http://www.planetfacts.net/Jupiter-Facts.html
Jupiter weighs two times more then all of the planets in our solar system put together
The Great Red Spot seems to be shrinking. Early twentieth century it was about two Earths wide. Much earlier though it was three Earths wide.
The Great Red Spot is able to move east and west but not north and south
Jupiter is the fifth from the sun
It is nicknamed the gas giant because it is so big and is mostly made up of gas
Jupiter’s mass is about 317.83 Earths
Jupiter was named after the Roman god
Jupiter gives off more heat than it gets from the sun
Jupiter’s gravity is ten times stronger than the Earth’s
From Earth Jupiter is the third brightest object in the sky
In 1994 parts of the comet, Shoemaker Levy-9 hit Jupiter. It was the first crash people from Earth could actually see
Jupiter’s astrological sign is the Sagittarius
Jupiter has 16 moons
Jupiter has three rings but they are so dark that they can barely be seen
If you multiply your weight by 2.36 that is how much that you would weigh on Jupiter
Jupiter is the 5th from the sun
Jupiter takes 11.9 Earth years to orbit the sun once
The planet Jupiter is fairly close (when you look towards it) to the earth moon
Jupiter has a magnetic field much stronger than Earths which extends 650 million km (which is past Saturn)
Resources- Jupiter By Gregory L. Vogt
The Solar System Jupiter By Isaac Asimov
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
Mighty Mega Planets by David Jefferis
All astronauts say that Jupiter is a failed star because to be a star Jupiter would have to be 80 times larger than it’s original size, because being massive is the only way generate enough internal heat to allow the reactions of thermonuclear fusion- the energy that gives them there light to the stars.
Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system, it has dozens of moons and an enormous magnetic field it forms a kind of miniature solar system.
Jupiter is a gas giant.
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
http://www.google.ca
http://www.nasa.org/jupiter
If you weighed 50 pounds on Earth, you would wiegh 127 pounds on Jupiter, because Jupiters gravitational pull is stronger than Earths.
1 year on Jupiter is the same as 12 years on Earth.
The atmosphere of Jupiter is about 84 percent Hydrogen and about 15 percent Helium with small amounts of Acetylene, Ammonia, Ethane, Methane, Phosphine and water vapour.
book reference: Jupiter by Gregoory L. Vogt.