Jupiter

Out of all 67 moons Jupiter has four main moons

Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa are known as the Galilean Moons named after their discoverer Galileo Galilei

Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field

Its around 14 times stronger then earths magnetic field

How many rings does Jupiter have ?

Jupiter has four dark faint narrow rings that are made up of dust and tiny pieces of rock

Jupiters Aurora

Jupiter like Earth has an Aurora (Northern Lights ) which instead of a mystical green color like on Earth appears to be an electric blue whirl which is actually ultraviolet

Jupiter has the shortest day of the eight planets

Jupiter rotates very quickly turning on its axis every 9 hours and 55 minutes

Jupiter has unique cloud features

Jupiters clouds are made primarily of ammonia crystals and sulfur

How long does it take to get to Jupiter from earth

The Galileo spacecraft launched in October 1989 It took just over six years to reach the gas giant arriving in December 1995

Jupiter has a Great Red Spot

The Great Red Spot is a storm that has been raging for 186 years

Jupiter atmosphere is very similar to our sun

The atmosphere is made mostly of helium and hydrogen

Jupiter has a massive dense core

The composition is uncertain. The core is surrounded by a layer of helium-rich fluid metallic hydrogen

Jupiter does not experience seasons like other planets

This is because the axis is only tilted by 3.13 degrees

One orbit of the Sun takes Jupiter 11.86 Earth years

This means that when viewed from Earth the planet appears to move very slowly in the sky It takes months for Jupiter to move from one constellation to the next

Jupiter was named after the Greek god

zeus