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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]], [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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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.