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Jupiter
The king of the planets.
This shot of Jupiter shows the Great Red Spot (at the upper right).
Imagine a hurricane with 1,000-mph winds, lasting at least 300 years that would cover the
area of three earths. That's Jupiter's Great Red Spot! Jupiter is so
massive that all of the other eight planets in our Solar system could fit
inside of it.

Jupiter in 2005. Notice how
pale the red spot has become and the change in other features.

Jupiter - February 2006. This
is a 1-1/2 hour time lapse photo.
Notice the rapid rotation of the
planet. A day on Jupiter lasts less than 10 hours.

Jupiter - November 13, 2010 and two of
its moons

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