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"Jupiter is one of the brightest planets in our night sky and by far the largest in the Solar System. What the Romans called the Father of the Sky is huge - its diameter is more than ten times, Earth's and its mass is well over twice the total of all the rest of the planets in the Solar System. Yet in spite of its staggering size,its position relatively close to us, and its prominent place in our myths and imagination, Jupiter has remained the of the most enigmatic of out planetary neighbors. Does this gas giant have a solid surface? What drives its Great Red Spot - a huge swirling storm…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2011Copernicus · 332 pages · 9781441931580
- Other · English · 2013Springer · 9781475741414
- Other · English · 2001Copernicus Books · 317 pages · 9780387987644
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