Explore Jupiter
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The Giant planets do not have the same layered structure that the terrestrial planets do. Their ...
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The king of planets is aptly named because it not only has the most dymanic atmospheric motion, ...
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is a unique object in the solar system. It is the biggest object in ...
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The four Galilean satellites; Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are among the most interesting ...
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Several interesting phenomena are found at the poles of Jupiter, the largest planet in our ...
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All of the relevant information about Jupiter collected on one page, including details about size, orbit ...
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The Roman god Jupiter is associated with the Greek god, Zeus. ...
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A table containing information about the spacecraft that have visited Jupiter ...
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Access wonderful captioned photos and illustrations that will inspire and excite you. ...
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These are links to other great web sites about Jupiter. But beware: you don't want to get ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that our solar system now has eight
planets and five
dwarf planets, according to the International Astronomical Union?
Do you know the kingdoms in the Eukaryota domain?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
ChinookxChinook : A dry down-slope wind which occurs on the downwind side of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind which results from the subsequent (adiabatic) warming of air which has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes.
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Research Highlights
A magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people last year in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was in fact a triple-whammy. The 8.1 "great earthquake" concealed and triggered two...
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