Interesting Facts about Jupiter
15. The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet out from the Sun, and is two and a half times more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined.
14. Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in the Solar System.
13. Jupiter has a liquid metal ocean (metallic hydrogen) at its centre, surrounded by thousands of kilometres of hydrogen and helium gas.
12. If you were to descend into Jupiter, the thin, cold atmosphere becomes thicker and hotter, gradually turning into a thick, dark fog.
11. Jupiter Has the Strongest Gravity of all the Planets in the Solar System.
10. A year on Jupiter is equal to 11.9 Earth Years.
9. Jupiter has more than 60 moons. Four are called Galilean moons, 12 are smaller, named moons, and the rest are small, recently-discovered moons.
8. Jupiter is considered a gas giant because it does not have a solid surface. Under its atmosphere is a large liquid ocean of hydrogen and water.
7. Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the solar system. Only the Sun, Moon and Venus are brighter. It is one of five planets visible to the naked eye from Earth.
6. The Clouds on Jupiter are only 50 km thick.
5. A day on Jupiter is equal to 9.8 Earth Hours.
4. Jupiter has a thin set of rings, hardly visible, even with telescopes, from Earth.
3. At the centre of Jupiter is a rocky core, slightly bigger than Earth but weighing about 20 times more.
2. Jupiter Actually produces its own radiation.
1. Voyager 1 provided the earliest and clearest photographs of Jupiter on January of 1979.
