Jupiter

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Jupiter
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About Jupiter
It is the fifth planet from the sun
It is the largest planet in the solar system
It is classed as one of thegas giants
It has a very rocky core
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Facts
Distance
460,277,215 miles
Jupiter and Earth
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• In Roman mythology, Jupiter (Iuppiter in Latin)
  held the same role as Zeus in the Greek pantheon.
  He was called Juppiter Optimus Maximus Soter
  (Jupiter Best, Greatest, Saviour) as the patron
  deity of the Roman state, in charge of laws and
  social order. He was the chief god of the
  Capitoline Triad

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Jupiter's Rings

• Jupiter has rings like Saturn's, but much fainter
  and smaller. They were totally unexpected and
  were only discovered when two of the Voyagers and
  1 scientist insisted that after travelling 1
  billion km it was at least worth a quick look to
  see if any rings might be present. Everyone else
  thought that the chance of finding anything was
  0!!! You can only see them on an infra-red camera.

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Great Red Spot

• best known feature on Jupiter is the Great Red
  spot a persistent storm located 22 south of the
  equator that is larger than Earth. It has lasted
  from at least 1831and possibly since 1665.

Can you see the great red spot?
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Few more amazing facts

• The earth could fit in Jupiter 13 times
• A hurricane has been going on for 300 years
• Jupiter (a.k.a. Jove Greek Zeus) was the King of
  the Gods, the ruler of Olympus and the patron of
  the Roman state. Zeus was the son of Cronus
  (Saturn).

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SPOTTING JUPITER FROM THE EARTH

• Jupiter is one of the easiest planets to spot
  from the Earth. Though Venus is brighter, Jupiter
  is further from the Sun, so it's visible long
  after the Sun and Venus have set. Other than the
  Moon,

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FUN History!!!

• The Romans named the planet Jupiter after their
  king of the gods - a fortunate coincidence since
  they couldn't possibly have known that Jupiter is
  the largest planet in the Solar System.

Roman Guy
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In case you booked your holiday!

• Journey time 18 months1 Jovian year 11.9
  Earth yearsContacting home Time lag 76.5
  minutes

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Thank you for watching my show
Annabel
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Colour and label Jupiter and print it off