betsymccall.net Lifelong Learning Astronomy Planets Jupiter

The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter contains 99% of mass outside the sun. It has several famous features like the Great Red Spot, and two well-known moons: Io and Europa; Io for that it's the "pizza moon", covered with sulfur volcanoes, and Europa for that it's covered with ice and believed to have an ocean beneath that might just harbor life. Jupiter was also prominent in the news a dozen years ago for having a comet hit it, Shoemaker-Levy 9.

Links:

Jupiter (planet)

NASA - Jupiter

Image Results for Jupiter

Jupiter, planet Jupiter

Planet Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter - About.com

YouTube - Planet Jupiter

Jupiter/SL9

Galileo to Jupiter

Galileo Spacecraft - Planet Jupiter Atmosphere