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Jupiter
Jupiter, named after the greatest Roman god, is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter holds many other accolades among the other planets of our solar system: It contains the largest moon, Ganymede; it has the fastest rotation period, with 9.9 hours per rotation; it also has the largest sea, made of liquid metallic hydrogen. It is unknown who discovered Jupiter, as there exists documentation of Jupiter from the 7th century BC. It is known, however, that it was first observed through a telescope by Galileo Galilei, who also discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons in 1610. Jupiter, which sometimes is as bright as magnitude of -2.94, appears as a very bright star in the night sky. This gas giant is also very large. So large, in fact, that it is more massive than every other planet in the solar system combined and accounts for over 70% of our solar system’s planetary material. Even Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a large storm that has been raging for over 350 years and has had a diameter three times that of Earth, appears massive. Surrounding Jupiter are 67 moons and a very faint ring system of 3 rings. The shadow of a moon, likely Ganymede’s, can be seen in this image at around an 11’o clock position on Jupiter. This image is the result of four images in the U filter that were taken by Dr. Webb using the Stocker AstroScience Center’s 24” telescope. They were reduced by Debra Duval and added false color to by Gabriel Salazar.
Jupiter
Jupiter, named after the greatest Roman god, is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter holds many other accolades among the other planets of our solar system: It contains the largest moon, Ganymede; it has the fastest rotation period, with 9.9 hours per rotation; it also has the largest sea, made of liquid metallic hydrogen. It is unknown who discovered Jupiter, as there exists documentation of Jupiter from the 7th century BC. It is known, however, that it was first observed through a telescope by Galileo Galilei, who also discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons in 1610. Jupiter, which sometimes is as bright as magnitude of -2.94, appears as a very bright star in the night sky. This gas giant is also very large. So large, in fact, that it is more massive than every other planet in the solar system combined and accounts for over 70% of our solar system’s planetary material. Even Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a large storm that has been raging for over 350 years and has had a diameter three times that of Earth, appears massive. Surrounding Jupiter are 67 moons and a very faint ring system of 3 rings. The shadow of a moon, likely Ganymede’s, can be seen in this image at around an 11’o clock position on Jupiter. This image is the result of four images in the U filter that were taken by Dr. Webb using the Stocker AstroScience Center’s 24” telescope. They were reduced by Debra Duval and added false color to by Gabriel Salazar.