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Jupiter
Facts about Jupiter
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6th Grade
03/12/2013

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How big is Jupiter?
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The diameter is 88,846 miles, and it volume is 1,300 Earths, it is also the biggest planet in the solar system.
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How fast does Jupiter rotate?
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Jupiter makes one complete rotation in under 10 hours.
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Does Jupiter have wind?
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Jupiter has vast winds that move downward, it also has huge storm winds.
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Does Jupiter have rings?
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Jupiters rings are small, dim, and made of dust.
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How many moons does Jupiter have?
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Jupiter officialy has 16 moons that have been named, and the four largest moons names are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
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Is Jupiter surrounded by anything other than rings?
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Jupiter is also surrounded by a magnetic field that is larger and much stronger than Earth's.
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What is the temperature of Jupiter?
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Jupiters cloud layer is very cold, but many, many miles below the cloud layer it is hotter than the Sun's surface!
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Is Jupiter colorful?
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Jupiters rings are brown, yellow, and orange, and there are white spots, there is also the big red spot that doesn't stay red.
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Has a comet ever tried to hit Jupiter?
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There was a comet named, Shoemaker-Levy 9, that tried to hit in 1994, but the comet came so close that Jupiters powerful gravity broke it up into 21 pieces.
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What is Jupiter made of?
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Jupiter is mostly made of hydrogen and helium.
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What was Jupiter like many years ago?
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Many years ago Jupiter might have glowed just like a star, it is believed that, many years ago, it probably gave off more energy than it does now.
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How close is Jupiter to the Sun?
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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun.
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How long does it take Jupiter to orbit the Sun?
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Every 12 years, Jupiter orbits the Sun.
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What does Jupiter look like through a telescope?
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If you look through a telescope, Jupiter looks like an a disk of light.
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What is Jupiter's atmosphere like?
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Jupiter's atmosphere has methane, ammonia, small amounts of water, and it is made out of hydrogen and helium.
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