Jupiter

• Characteristics
• Principal satellites
• Magnetosphere
• In culture

Index
Characteristics
• Jupiter is the fifth planet and the biggest of the Solar
System. It´s a gas giant more than 2 and a half times
bigger than the other planets of the Solar System.
• It also has a brown storm called the Great Red Spot. It´s a
giant collection of clouds that can push you at a velocity
of 400 miles per hour.
Principal
satellites
• Jupiter has the immense amount
of 79 natural satellites, 60 of
these have less than 10 km in
diameter. The most famous are
the ones that were discovered by
Galileo: Io, Europa, Ganymede
and Callisto.
Magnetosphere
• Its magnetic field reaches between 3
and 7 million kilometres towards the
Sun. While, in the opposite direction,
the magnetic field covers 750 million
kilometres until it reaches the Sun.
In culture
• Jupiter is known by this name for the
Romans, but for the Greeks it´s Zeus.
Its size and being the first planet to
form of the Solar System makes this
planet to be similar to the
characteristics of the kings of the
ancient gods.
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