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Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. It is actually more than twice as massive than the other planets of our solar system combined. Jupiter is a gas giant. It is made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Jupiter has a very thick atmosphere. Jupiter has rings, but they’re very hard to see.
Facts about Jupiter for Kids: If Jupiter had been 80 times more massive it would have become our second sun in the solar system. Jupiter holds the title of being the solar system’s fourth brightest object. Jupiter’s clouds are made up of mostly ammonia crystals, sulfur and mixtures of both of these.
Key Facts & Summary. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the biggest planet of our Solar System. Some consider it a failed star since it is made out of swirling gases and liquids such as 90% hydrogen, and 10% helium – very similar to the Sun.
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. Jupiter and the planets beyond it—Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are called gas giants. They are huge and made up mostly of gases. They do not have a solid surface. Physical Features. Size: 89,000 miles (143,000 kilometers) in diameter. More than 1,000 Earths could fit inside Jupiter.
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, rules a system of its own. Some astronomers consider it a failed star. Welcome to the realm of giants. Jupiter is a gas giant, a ball of mostly...
This article is for students grades K-4. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter is so big that all the other planets in the solar system could fit inside it. More than 1,300 Earths would fit inside Jupiter. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.
Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in the Solar System. It completes one rotation or spin in 10 hours. Because of the bulge, the length of the equator of Jupiter is much longer than the length from pole to pole.