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Jupiter is _. More than a thousand Earths could fit inside it.
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11 times wider than Earth
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The lighter-colored stripes are called _, and the darker ones _.
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zones, ... , belts
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More than _ Earths could fit inside Jupiter, and it has a mass over 300 times that of our planet.
More than _ Earths could fit inside Jupiter, and it has a mass over 300 times that of our planet.
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1,000
1,000
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Jupiter rotates extremely rapidly: One day on Jupiter is a mere _ hours long!
Jupiter rotates extremely rapidly: One day on Jupiter is a mere _ hours long!
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Jupiter's four biggest moons are readily visible - if they weren’t hidden by the planet’s glare, they’d be naked-eye objects. _ himself discovered those moons.
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Galileo
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Galileo
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As you dive into Jupiter’s atmosphere, the pressure increases with depth.
The gas gets thicker and hotter, and eventually, just sort of smoothly changes into a _ over a several hundred km range below the clouds.
The gas gets thicker and hotter, and eventually, just sort of smoothly changes into a _ over a several hundred km range below the clouds.
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liquid
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liquid
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The lighter-colored stripes and the darker ones are fairly stable, though their shape and coloring change over time.
Also, they circulate around the planet in the _direction of the planet's rotation.
Also, they circulate around the planet in the _direction of the planet's rotation.
opposite
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When a star forms, hydrogen fusion starts when the star gathers so much mass that its gravity can compress atoms together in its core hard enough to get them to fuse.
This happens when a star has roughly 1/12th of the Sun’s mass. In fact, the smallest stars we see do have about that mass.
What about Jupiter? The mass of Jupiter is about _ the mass of the Sun, far too little to undergo fusion in its core.
When a star forms, hydrogen fusion starts when the star gathers so much mass that its gravity can compress atoms together in its core hard enough to get them to fuse.
This happens when a star has roughly 1/12th of the Sun’s mass. In fact, the smallest stars we see do have about that mass.
What about Jupiter? The mass of Jupiter is about _ the mass of the Sun, far too little to undergo fusion in its core.
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1/1000th
1/1000th
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Jupiter has _, no doubt due to all of that metallic hydrogen inside it coupled with its rapid rotation.
Jupiter has _, no doubt due to all of that metallic hydrogen inside it coupled with its rapid rotation.
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a very strong magnetic field
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a very strong magnetic field
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Jupiter's atmosphere is thick, several hundred kilometers deep!
Like the composition of the Sun, the air on Jupiter is mostly _, but it’s also laced with ammonia, methane, and other poisonous gases.
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Like the composition of the Sun, the air on Jupiter is mostly _, but it’s also laced with ammonia, methane, and other poisonous gases.
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hydrogen and helium
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Jupiter reflects a lot of sunlight, and even though it orbits the Sun on average at a distance of about _, it’s one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
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800 million kilometers
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The Great Red Spot on Jupiter it’s actually a colossal hurricane, several times larger than our entire planet Earth, with sustained wind speeds of _.
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500 kph
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500 kph
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