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Does Jupiter have any rings? What are some distinguishing characteristics of Jupiter? What's the rotation of Jupiter? What are Jupiter's moons? What is the revolution of Jupiter? What is the size of Jupiter compared to the sun? |
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Has their been any contact with Jupiter? How far is Jupiter away from the sun? What is the surface of Jupiter like? Is there any evidence of life on Jupiter? What's the name origin and the mythical name? |
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| What's the name origin and the mythical name? |
Jupiter was king of the gods and ruler of the universe in roman mythology. Jupiter was also known as Jove.
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| What are some distinguishing characteristics of Jupiter? | Jupiter's Big read spot that has been raging 300 years. |
| What's the rotation of Jupiter? | Jupiter rotates every 6.5 days, which is quite long compared to us at earth which rotates every 24 hours. |
| What are Jupiter's moons? |
Jupiter has over 16 moons. By far the largest and best known are the 14 Galilean moons, which were discovered by Galileo. The Galilean moons are between 3000 and 5000 km. in diameter.
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| What is the revolution of Jupiter? |
It takes 11.9 years for Jupiter to rotate around the sun.
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| What is the size of Jupiter compared to the sun? |
Jupiter's diameter is 143 200 km,, it would take 1000 earths to fill up the volume of Jupiter. The suns diameter however is 1 391 000 kilometers.
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| Does Jupiter have any rings? | Jupiter is one of 4 planets with rings around them. |
| Has their been any contact with Jupiter? | As fair as we know there has been NO contact with Jupiter. |
| How far is Jupiter away from the sun? |
Jupiter is the 5th closest planet to the sun. The distance from the sun is 778,400,000 km.
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| What is the surface of Jupiter like? | Jupiter's surface cannot be seen from Earth because of the layers of dense clouds that surround the planet. Most astronomers believe that Jupiter is a fluid planet. It consists primary of gas but may have some liquids too. Jupiter may have a small solid core of rocky material. |
| Is there any evidence of life on Jupiter? | As fair as we know there has been NO evidence of life on Jupiter. |
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