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Nine spacecraft have visited Jupiter. Seven flew by and two have orbited the gas giant. Juno, the most recent, arrived at Jupiter in 2016.

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In 1979 the Voyager mission discovered Jupiter’s faint ring system. All four giant planets in our solar system have ring systems.

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Jupiter has more than 75 moons.

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Jupiter's atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen (H2) and helium (He).

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Jupiter is a gas giant and so lacks an Earth-like surface. If it has a solid inner core at all, it’s likely only about the size of Earth.

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Jupiter rotates once about every 10 hours (a Jovian day), but takes about 12 Earth years to complete one orbit of the Sun (a Jovian year).

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Jupiter orbits about 484 million miles (778 million kilometers) or 5.2 Astronomical Units (AU) from our Sun (Earth is one AU from the Sun).

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Eleven Earths could fit across Jupiter’s equator. If Earth were the size of a grape, Jupiter would be the size of a basketball.

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Jupiter has 79 (discovered) moons. Some of them haven't even been officially named.

Yes, bystander. Thank you. My teacher told me yesterday, that was what he meant.

Jupiter has 79 (discovered) moons. Some of them haven't even been officially named yet.

You can explore a 3-D model of Bennu by NASA. https://trek.nasa.gov/bennu

Fun Fact: The Thales Group in Italy made the cupola of the ISS.

You can view the ISS on Google Maps. http://www.google.com/maps/space/iss

No, Mars can not fart, but it can release methane. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090119.html

The Odin Satellite is an observatory in space used to take pictures since 2001. It's from the Swedish National Space Agency or SNSA. My friend Jeffery and I think it's very interesting! We're actually learning Swedish to maybe write a letter to them.

I'm currently an Asternaut. Is the next rank an Ensign? How many posts do I need for that?

My science teacher told me about a new state of matter found in space, but he doesn't remember the name of it. Does anyone? Please tell me.

I was born on 10 November, 2008, and I found the APOD from the day I was born. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081110.html

My birthday is on 10 November, 2008, and I found the APOD on the day I was born. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081110.html