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{{Planet
[[File:Jupiter_by_Cassini-Huygens.jpg|thumb|400px]]'''Jupiter''' is the fifth planet from the [[Sun]] and the largest planet within the [[Solar System|solar system]]. It is a gas giant with a mass slightly less than one-thousandth of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with [[Saturn]], [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Uranus <u>Uranus</u>] and [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Neptune <u>Neptune</u>]. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jovian <u>Jovian</u>] planets.
 
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|image=[[File:Jupiter_by_Cassini-Huygens.jpg|300px]]
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|name=Jupiter
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|System=[[Solar System]]
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|Suns=[[Sol]]
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|Moons=[[Io]]<br>Europa<br>Ganymede<br>[[Callisto]]<br>Numerous others
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|Length of day=9.9 hours
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|Length of year=4,333 days
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|Class=Gas Giant
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|Diameter=139,822 km
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|Atmosphere=88–92% hydrogen, 8–12% helium, 1% others (methane, water vapor, ammonia, etc.)
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'''Jupiter''' is the fifth planet in the [[Solar System]], as well as the largest planet in the system. It is a gas giant with a mass slightly less than one-thousandth of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with [[Saturn]], Uranus and Neptune. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the Jovian planets.
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Jupiter has multiple moons, at least two of which, [[Io]] and [[Callisto]], are inhabited by man by 2158.<ref name="OOTS53">{{cite book|title=[[Alien: Out of the Shadows]]|author=[[Tim Lebbon]]|publisher=[[Titan Books]]|year=[[2014]]|page=53}}</ref><ref name="OOTS11">{{cite book|title=[[Alien: Out of the Shadows]]|author=[[Tim Lebbon]]|publisher=[[Titan Books]]|year=[[2014]]|page=11}}</ref>
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==Appearances==
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*{{A4}}
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*''[[Alien: Out of the Shadows]]'' (mentioned only)
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Revision as of 11:48, 29 March 2016

Jupiter is the fifth planet in the Solar System, as well as the largest planet in the system. It is a gas giant with a mass slightly less than one-thousandth of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the Jovian planets.

Jupiter has multiple moons, at least two of which, Io and Callisto, are inhabited by man by 2158.[1][2]

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