Jupiter

Jupiter, named after the Roman supergod, is the largest of all the planets in our solar system. The Earth can enter it up to 1000 times. All the planets would fit in. Jupiter is also the first of the gaseous planets. The planet is also called the 'giant planet'.

Jupiter has 16 moons as far as we know. Four of these moons are even larger than Pluto. One of those moons is called Europe and it is completely covered with ice. It is one of the most famous moons of Jupiter. Three also famous manes are called Ganymedes, Io and Callisto. The moon Ganymedes is even larger than Mercury. The four great moons were discovered by Galileo Galilei.

Jupiter is a gas planet, with a temperature of 153 degrees Celsius below 0. The diameter of Jupiter is 139,822 km. The earth is about 11 times as small, or Jupiter is 11 times as large. Jupiter takes about 12 years to make a circle around the sun. And is 778,500,000 kilometres from the sun. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter is two and a half times heavier than all the other planets combined.

Jupiter is named after the Roman god, and Jupiter is therefore called the king of all planets. Jupiter consists of about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium. If Jupiter had been 80 times heavier, it could well have grown into a star. With its mane, it could actually be a mini solar system.

Jupiter has an atmosphere made up of toxic deadly gases. Jupiter also has rings around it, but they are not as visible as Saturn, for example.