Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Jupiter is the oldest planet in the Solar System.
It is the third-brightest natural object in the Earth’s night sky after the Moon and Venus. It’s similar to a star, but it never got massive enough to start burning.
It isn’t just the largest and most massive planet in the solar system — now, the gas giant also boasts the largest number of moons orbiting it after scientists discovered another 12 moons, bringing the behemoth’s total up to 92.
Astronomers have counted 12 previously unknown moons in orbit around our Solar System’s biggest planet. It overtakes Saturn as The Planet With The Most Known Moons.
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Jupiter is a gas giant and doesn’t have a solid surface, but it may have a solid inner core about the size of Earth.
Jupiter Structure and Surface
- It is the biggest planet in our solar system.
- It is a gas giant. It is made mostly of hydrogen and helium.
- It has a very thick atmosphere.
- It has rings, but they’re very hard to see.
Time
- One day goes by in just 10 hours.
- One year on this planet is the same as 11.8 Earth years.
Quick History
- It has been known since ancient times because it can be seen without advanced telescopes.
- It has been visited or passed by several spacecraft, orbiters and probes, such as Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, Cassini, New Horizons, and Juno.
