JUPITER
•Fifth planet from the Sun.
•Largest. Diameter 142,984km, can fit 1,000 Earths!
•Very deep atmosphere with gas and vapour.
•Weather, clouds and storms always change.
•A big complex storm - the Great Red Spot!
•Very thin and faint ring around, cannot see from
Earth.
•First visited by spaceship, Pioneer 10, in 1973.
•Many
satellites - 40 are known.
