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A a ter• Th .
oltnan 90ds . e king oft
a,r,eter• 1,;2
9
p 1.2 titne~ E , B,; kilometres
Dist arth)
. ance fro,r, h
tnetr, t e Sun: ·;?9 million
e to
e to orb~tonce: 9.9 hours
, the Sun• 11
e te · .9 years
. 10°
S' It takes less than
ten hours tor Jupiter to spin
Te1nj>et'®Jre<3 at the tops ot the
clouds are around -\\0°C, but the once. This is faster than any
te1nj>el'Cffilre increases deeper in other planet in the Solar System,
the atmosphere
and even causes Jupiter to bulge
in the middle.
S 'I The Great Red
Spot is a per!Ylanent stor!Yl
in Jupiter's atmosphere. It is
a vast hurricane, much larger
than Earth. The storm has been
raging for hundreds of years.
r I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
Jupiter is mode en the sotne
\ moterio\ os o stor, so i~ it _hod
corried on growing ond go1ned
enough !YIOSS, it could
h<Ne \,ecO!Yle the
So\dr s~IYl's
second star.
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