Jupiter

Jupiter
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Number of Sattelites	67
Atmospheric Makeup	89.8% hydrogen 10.2% helium
Distance from Sun	483.6 million miles
Diameter	89,365 miles 142,894 kilometers
Axial tilt	3.13 degrees
Orbit	11 Earthen years
Position in Solar System	Fifth planet from Sun
Surface Features	Gaseous atmosphere with several storms
Albedo	(geometric) 0.52 (bond) 0.343
Aphelion	510.33 million miles
Perihelion	462.86 million miles
Mass of Planet	1.89 x 10^27 kg
Escape Velocity	60 kilometers/seconds

Jupiter is a planet in the Solar System, and is the fifth closest planet to the Sun. Jupiter is a gas giant, and is the largest planet in the Solar System containing Earth by far.

Jupiter has up to 67 known moons including the four large "Galilean moons". The Galilean moons are named as following: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

External links

• NASA's Jupiter fact sheet
• A Trip Into Space Data and photos on Jupiter
• Jupiter's Inner Moons
• 3D VRML Jupiter globe and its satellites Io, Callisto, Europa and Ganymede
• Planets - Jupiter A kid's guide to Jupiter.
• MySolarSystem.com - Jupiter Facts about Jupiter and its satellites.
• "Jupiter: The Giant Planet" One of World Book Encyclopedia's monthly features, this one on Jupiter.
• Galileo and the Medici Family

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