Jupiter

[About the Planet]

Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet in the Solar System. This gas giant has no solid surface and consists mainly of hydrogen and helium. Its famous Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth that has been spinning without rest for centuries.

[Extreme Environments]
Jupiter has an immensely powerful magnetic field and many moons. Its atmospheric pressure would crush any probe descending too far inside. Like an uncontrollable vortex, it draws in gas and dust and never lets them escape.

[Orbit]
Jupiter takes about 12 Earth years to orbit the Sun. It spins so quickly that a day lasts less than ten hours. This rapid rotation flattens its poles and creates complex forces between its cloud bands.

[Did You Know?]
Jupiter's many moons form a miniature solar system of their own.
THE GREAT RED SPOT SAW EVERYTHING

[Symbols & Legends]

In astrology, Jupiter represents expansion, good fortune and authority, but also blind arrogance. In Roman mythology, Jupiter is king of the gods, ruler of the sky and thunder, with absolute power to judge and condemn.

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