Jupiter: King of the Gods, Giant of the PlanetsPresents information accumulated about Jupiter through the centuries, including data collected by Pioneers I and II and Voyagers I and II, and some of the mythology surrounding this planet. |
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Planets and Stars | 1 |
The Voyager Missions | 14 |
The Giant Planet | 22 |
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000 kilometers 42½ hours aboard asteroids astronomer atmosphere of Jupiter Branley bright called Callisto civilization close to Jupiter Copernicus craft craters dark density diameter distance Earth moved eclipses electric energy Europa Franklyn Galaxy Galilean satellites Galileo Ganymede gases giant planet gods gravitation Greek Greek mythology heat helium Hydrogen and helium instruments Io's journey Jupiter's atmosphere Jupiter's satellites Lageos launched layers light located magnetic magnetosphere magnitude Marduk Mercury Messages for Eternity meters million kilometers Moon motion move backward moves from west Neptune orbit particles percent photographs Pioneer and Voyager Pioneer plaque piter planet moved PLANETARY RADIO Planets and Stars plaque Pluto probe Proxima Centauri pulsars radiation belts radio region rings of Jupiter Roche limit Roemer rotation roving stars satel Saturn scientists shuttle solar system solar wind space spacecraft speed sphere sulfur dioxide surface telescope temperature torus Uranus Venus volcanoes west to east Zeus