Jupiter


Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest and fifth planet from the Sun. It is a giant ball of gas having colourful cloud on its surface and a thin ring around it. Jupiter a massive planet  and eleven times bigger than the earth. The outer part of  Jupiter contains gas, beneath this is the liquid layer and at the centre is a solid core. It takes twelve year for Jupiter to make one complete orbit and it rotates on its axis in only ten hour.






Great Red Spot

Great red spot is a huge storm, which rotates in an anticlockwise manner on Jupiter. It is located in the south hemisphere and is caused due to violent swirling of gases. This spot was discovered  by Robert Hook in 1664. The spot is red in colour due to the presence of phosphorus on its surface.

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