Jupiter

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Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System, a gas giant known for its Great Red Spot and many moons.


Statements (65)
Predicate Object
instanceOf gas giant
giant planet
outer planet
planet
discoveredBy prehistoric astronomers
emitsMoreEnergyThanItReceives yes
equivalentDeity Greek god Zeus
GreatRedSpotAge at least several hundred years
GreatRedSpotLocation southern hemisphere
hasAlbedo about 0.52
hasAtmosphereComponent ammonia
helium
hydrogen
methane
trace hydrocarbons
water vapor
hasAxialTilt about 3.13 degrees
hasCloudComposition ammonia ice
ammonium hydrosulfide
water ice
hasCoreState surrounded by metallic hydrogen
hasCoreType likely rocky or icy core
hasEquatorialDiameter about 142984 kilometers
hasEscapeVelocity about 59.5 kilometers per second
hasExploredBy Galileo spacecraft
Juno spacecraft
New Horizons spacecraft (flyby)
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 11
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
hasFeature Great Red Spot
banded cloud structure
faint ring system
powerful magnetosphere
strong zonal winds
hasGreatRedSpotType anticyclonic storm
hasMagneticField yes
hasMagneticFieldStrength about 20000 times Earth at cloud tops
hasMajorMoon Callisto
Europa
Ganymede
Io
hasMass about 1.898e27 kilograms
about 318 Earth masses
hasMeanDensity about 1.33 grams per cubic centimeter
hasMeanDistanceFromSun about 5.2 astronomical units
hasMeanRadius about 69911 kilometers
hasMeanTemperature about 110 Kelvin at cloud tops
hasNumberOfKnownMoons over 90
hasOrbitalPeriod about 11.86 Earth years
about 4333 Earth days
hasOrderFromSun fifth
hasRingSystem yes
hasRotationPeriod about 9.9 hours
hasSatelliteGroup Galilean moons
hasSurfaceGravity about 24.79 meters per second squared
hasVolume about 1321 times Earth
influences asteroid belt
comet orbits
isLargestPlanetIn Solar System
isVisibleTo naked eye
namedAfter Roman god Jupiter
orbits Sun
partOf Solar System


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