Monday 25 October 2010

The Universe-Jupiter


The Giant Planet
Jupiter is the giant planet of the solar system and the fifth planet from the sun, more than one and a half times as big as all the other planets put together. If Jupiter were hollow, more than 1,300 planet Earths could fit inside.
Jupiter is a gas planet covered by moving clouds hundreds of miles thick. The clouds of Jupiter are made of hydrogen.
All of the four giant planets-Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune-have rings circling the planet. At its center, Jupiter is very hot.
Jupiter has at least sixteen moons. The four largest moons are named Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Jupiter's biggest moon-Ganymede-is larger than the planet Mercury.
written by,
Kanika.



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