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Planet Jupiter - Displays the flattened disk of Jupiter with a pearly color with bands of pastel browns and blues

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
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Jupiter is twice as large as all other planets of the Solar system combined. At the same time it rotates faster than any other planet - in less than 10 hours. Its low density indicates that the planet is composed primarily of the lightest elements - hydrogen and helium.

Colorful latitudinal bands, atmospheric clouds and storms illustrate Jupiter’s dynamic weather systems. The planet is well-known for “The Great Red Spot”, a complex storm moving in a counter-clockwise

direction, across the planet.

Jupiter is encircled by at least 61 satellites and a series of thin rings which makes it similar to a miniature solar system.

When viewed through a modern telescope, the flattened disk of Jupiter has a pearly color with bands of pastel browns and blues.

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