Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. Fittingly, Jupiter was the Roman god king of mythology. If you weigh 70 pounds (32 kg) on Earth, on Jupiter you would weigh 185 pounds (84 kg). This is because Jupiter is such a large planet that it needs more gravity, and thats exactly what it has. Did you know that the Earth could fit inside Jupiter 1000 times?!
Jupiter is a stormy planet and there are storms found throughout the surface. Most of them seem to be never-ending.
Here are some facts you are bound not to know about:
It rotates so quickly that the days are only 10 hours long...
But it takes 12 Earth years for Jupiter to complete an orbit around the sun.
The great red spot on Jupiter is a storm that has been going on for over 300 years.
You can fit 100 Earths into Jupiter's great red spot.
Jupiter has the biggest moon in the Solar System, Ganymede. It is even bigger than Mercury and Pluto.
Jupiter has a ring just like Saturn and Uranus.
Jupiter is covered by an ocean of hydrogen with a sludge-like consistency.
Unlike other planets, Jupiter sends out a strong radio radiation that can be detected on Earth.
Jupiter rotates faster than any planet in the Solar System.
Jupiter is a stormy planet and there are storms found throughout the surface. Most of them seem to be never-ending.
Here are some facts you are bound not to know about:
It rotates so quickly that the days are only 10 hours long...
But it takes 12 Earth years for Jupiter to complete an orbit around the sun.
The great red spot on Jupiter is a storm that has been going on for over 300 years.
You can fit 100 Earths into Jupiter's great red spot.
Jupiter has the biggest moon in the Solar System, Ganymede. It is even bigger than Mercury and Pluto.
Jupiter has a ring just like Saturn and Uranus.
Jupiter is covered by an ocean of hydrogen with a sludge-like consistency.
Unlike other planets, Jupiter sends out a strong radio radiation that can be detected on Earth.
Jupiter rotates faster than any planet in the Solar System.