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Jupiter
The
@stro object for the week of 10/25/1999
image
courtesy of SEDS/HST
Jupiter.
The
planet Jupiter is a gas planet in our solar system. It is larger
than all of the rest of the planets combined. Jupiter has been visited
by many spaceprobes, and is currently orbited by the spacecraft
Galileo. Among the most interesting of Jupiter's 16 known satellites
are Io, which is highly volcanic and Europa, which is thought to
have liquid water underneath a thick shell of ice. Jupiter is currently
easily visible in the eastern sky after dark. It is the bright "star".
| Current
physical information for Jupiter (northern hemisphere): |
| Constellation:
Pisces |
| Rise: 16:45
(PST) |
| Set: 05:45
(PST) |
| Magnitude:
-2.9 |
| Phase:
100% |
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