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<tei-ms:orth><h1 align="center" >Jupiter</h1></tei-ms:orth>
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<div align="center" title="The Great Red Spot is clearly visible in this picture."><img src="jupiter.jpg"></div>
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<p ><b class="first" >T</b>he fifth planet orbiting the sun at a distance 5.2
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times the distance of Earth to the Sun, Jupiter forms a planetary system within
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itself. Scientifically believed to have almost evolved into a star, Jupiter
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still holds nuclear processes within, proving indications that Jupiter is a true
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planet.</p>
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<p >With a rotation speed of 90,000 km/hr, Jupiter rotates around its axis in
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only 9 hours and 50 Earth minutes. Spinning at such an incredible pace, Jupiter
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forms visible dark and light belts of clouds.</p>
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<p >Underneath these clouds, exists no physical surface without a true solid
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body-only liquid and breaks of solidity. The majority of Jupiter is composed of
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liquid hydrogen and helium that form a swirling of the phases of matter at a
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temperature of 30000 degrees Celcius at a pressure 30 million times that of
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Earth.</p>
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<p >An example of Jupiter's surface structure is the Great Red Spot. Existing for
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at least 3 centuries, the Red Spot swirls as a gigantic oval in Jupiter's
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southern hemisphere. Rotating within itself, the Great Red Spot, swirls with a
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size greater than Earth every 12 days.</p>
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<p >Phenomenally, Jupiter liquid core shrinks at a rate of 1mm per year.</p>
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<p >Jupiter's own system of satellites, currently are numbered to contain 14.
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Jupiter's personal solar system grew from dust particles that formed near the
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Sun and others from the close asteroid belt, which got drawn to the giant planet
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by gravity.</p>
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<p >The inner five: Amalthea, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are bright stars
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on Earth's horizon and are of the most value to space exploration.</p>
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<td >Almathea.</td>
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<td >A small satellite estimated at 160km diameter, with an extremely red
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surface.</td>
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<td >Io.</td>
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<td >Approximately 3640km in diameter, the satellite is slightly larger
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than our Moon. Active volcanoes eject sulfurous fumes. As Io orbits
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Jupiter, it carries round with it a cloud of gas that simulates a
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primitive atmosphere.</td>
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<td >Europa.</td>
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<td >is considerably smaller than Io, measuring 3060km diameter. It is not
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known to possess an atmosphere. Its surface appears to be completely by
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water ice with possible indications of life from the Jet Propulsion
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Laboratory's Galileo mission.</td>
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<td >Ganymede.</td>
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<td >Jupiter's largest known orbiting satellite.</td>
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