Astronomy:Outline of Jupiter

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Jupiter

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jupiter:

Jupiter – fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a giant planet with a mass one-thousandth that of the Sun, but two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. Jupiter is a gas giant, along with Saturn, with the other two giant planets, Uranus and Neptune, being ice giants. Jupiter was known to astronomers of ancient times.[1] The Romans named it after their god Jupiter.[2] When viewed from Earth, Jupiter can reach an apparent magnitude of −2.94, bright enough for its reflected light to cast shadows,[3] and making it on average the third-brightest object in the night sky after the Moon and Venus.

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Location of Jupiter

  • Milky Way Galaxy – barred spiral galaxy
    • Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way
      • Solar System – the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including 8 planets, the 5th planet from the sun being Jupiter
        • Orbit of Jupiter

Features of Jupiter

Natural satellites of Jupiter

Inner Moons of Jupiter

Galilean moons of Jupiter

Io

Io

Europa

Europa

Ganymede

Ganymede

Callisto

Callisto

Irregular prograde moons of Jupiter

Himalia group of moons of Jupiter

Himalia group

Ananke group of moons of Jupiter

Ananke group

Carme group of moons of Jupiter

Carme group

Pasiphae group of moons of Jupiter

Pasiphae group

History of Jupiter

History of Jupiter

Exploration of Jupiter

Exploration of Jupiter

Flyby missions to explore Jupiter

Direct missions to explore Jupiter

Proposed missions to explore Jupiter

Cancelled missions to explore Jupiter

Exploration of Jupiter's moons

  • Exploration of Callisto
  • Exploration of Europa
  • Exploration of Ganymede
  • Exploration of Io

Jupiter-related fiction

Jupiter-related organizations

Jupiter-related publications

  • Sidereus Nuncius

See also

References

  1. De Crespigny, Rafe. "Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling". Asian studies, Online Publications. http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/HuanLing_part2.pdf. "Xu Huang apparently complained that the astronomy office had failed to give them proper emphasis to the eclipse and to other portents, including the movement of the planet Jupiter (taisui). At his instigation, Chen Shou/Yuan was summoned and questioned, and it was under this pressure that his advice implicated Liang Ji." 
  2. Stuart Ross Taylor (2001). Solar system evolution: a new perspective : an inquiry into the chemical composition, origin, and evolution of the solar system (2nd, illus., revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-521-64130-2. 
  3. "Young astronomer captures a shadow cast by Jupiter: Bad Astronomy". Blogs.discovermagazine.com. November 18, 2011. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/18/young-astronomer-captures-a-shadow-cast-by-jupiter/#.UaDO1UAoNAU. 

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