JupiterChronicles the discovery and explorations of the planet Jupiter and discusses each of its moons, its place in the solar system, and more. |
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Amalthea asteroid atmo atmosphere aurora body bright caldera Callisto caused CENTER OF JUPITER circle the Sun clockwise collide colors comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 compression core craters created dark deep denser disk distance enormous erupting Europa Europa's surface EXPLORING JUPITER flexing formed four largest moons Galilean moons Galilean satellites Galileo Galileo spacecraft gas giants giant planet glow gravity heat huge ice floes icy crust impact Io’s Jupiter's moons Jupiter’s powerful Jupiter's ring larger than Earth light liquid metallic liquid water lo's look Mars mass material Mercury metallic hydrogen miles million km molten moon orbits moons of Jupiter NASA/JPL nearly ocean outer moons photograph Pioneer 11 Pluto probes radiation Red Spot region ridges rock and metal rocky or metallic Saturn scientists seen Sky & Telescope solar system solar wind solid space spacecraft spherical storm system sulfur surface of Ganymede swirling temperature terrestrial planets three little stars tidal vast visible volcanoes Voyager