Jupiter
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NASA's new space telescope to start hunt for stealth asteroids...asteroids and comets from more distant stars. WISE is expected to find about 100,000 new asteroids in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and hundreds of asteroids that pass close to Earth. It will be especially good at seeing... In this article: NASA, Jupiter, Starburst, Mars, London, Pasadena, and California |
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Boing Boing | 21 hours ago
Wooden orrery
...for young geography lovers." Guilty: "All of the giant planets in our solar system have rings: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Jupiter's ring is thin and dark, and cannot be seen from Earth. Saturn's rings are the most magnificent;...
In this article: Uranus, Saturn, MUJI, Neptune, Pluto, Reddit, Boing Boing, WTO, and Mike Moore
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L.A. Times - Opinion | 23 hours ago
Thanks for the laughs, L.A.
...see the completion of the widening of the 405 Freeway. I'm thankful that Los Angeles is still more business-friendly than the planet Jupiter, although that's mainly because the surface of the latter is minus 235 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm...
In this article: Los Angeles, Frank McCourt, Antonio Villaraigosa, Manny Ramirez, Dodgers, Maria Shriver, House Ethics Committee, and Maxine Waters
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CNN | 3 days ago
Galileo's missing fingers found in jar
...it," he said. Galileo Galilei invented the telescope -- among many other achievements -- which enabled him to discover that the planet Jupiter has moons. He became the foremost advocate of Copernican astronomy, which denied that the earth...
In this article: Galileo Galilei, Florence, U.S., CNN, Antagonism, E mail, and Catholic Church
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 4 days ago
Stargazing: Jupiter and the first quarter moon
...have reached first quarter phase, and it will have shifted about 12 degrees to the east or left of Jupiter. This pretty pairing between Jupiter and the moon is easy for stargazers to see because Jupiter shines at a dazzling bright --2.23...
In this article: Aquarius and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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SFGate: Entertainment | 4 days ago
HOROSCOPE
ARIES (March 20-April 18): Jupiter continues to throw his weight around your old boy network. Play that card before the sands shift. Think about it. Think hard. Light a candle. Stare into the flame. It's time for the voodoo that you do so...
In this article: Mercury, Gemini, Sun, Aries, Aquarius, Virgo, Taurus, and Pisces
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Times Union | 5 days ago
Saratoga Springs horse force at risk
...police, mounted patrol First published in print: Saturday, November 21, 2009 SARATOGA SPRINGS -- King Tut may have to find a new throne; Jupiter, another galaxy. Two fewer horses may roam this equine city next year. The lean 2010 city...
In this article: Saratoga Springs and Percheron
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Miami Herald - 5-minute Herald | 7 days ago
Southern Cross Stargazer
This evening, in Capricornus, bright Jupiter and its Galilean moons, closely followed by dim, blue Neptune, drift into the southwest and set before midnight. Fomalhaut twinkles left of Jupiter. Blue-green Uranus floats below Pisces the Fish...
In this article: Orion, Neptune, Taurus, Uranus, Cassiopeia, Auriga, Capricornus, Andromeda, and Cepheus
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New Kerala | November 18, 2009
Ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may harbor 3 million tons of fish
...research, a scientist has suggested that at least three million tons of fishlike creatures could theoretically live and breathe under Jupiter's moon Europa's global ocean. According to a report in National Geographic News, the scientist in...
In this article: Oxygen, University of Arizona, National Geographic News, Washington, and Tucson
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TC Palm | November 13, 2009
JUPITER FARMS IS GOING TO THE DOGS!
...FUNdraising When: This Saturday, November 14, 2009 Where: The Grass Arena of the Jupiter Farms Park Equestrian Jupiter Farms Road, Jupiter Farms, Jupiter, Florida 33478 Why: The Laurel Oaks Pony Club is Bringing Back its Annual FUNd...
In this article: Jack Russell Terrier, Treasure Coast, and Florida
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boston.com - Latest local news | November 06, 2009
Gigantic, chilly Jupiter has its peers across the universe
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Shining brightly in the south at nightfall this month is the planet Jupiter. Unmistakable to the naked eye, it's the closest thing our solar system has to the giant worlds that astronomers...
In this article: Capricornus, Earth, Neptune, Goat, Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen, Birthmark, and Cancer
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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass slightly less than one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all of the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the Jovian planets.
The planet was known by astronomers of ancient times and was associated with the mythology and religious beliefs of many cultures. The Romans named the planet after the Roman god Jupiter. When viewed from Earth, Jupiter can reach an apparent magnitude of −2.8, making it on average the third-brightest object in the night sky after the Moon and Venus. (Mars can briefly exceed Jupiter's brightness at certain points in its orbit.)
Jupiter has been explored on several occasions by robotic spacecraft, most notably during the early Pioneer and Voyager flyby missions and later by the Galileo orbiter. The most recent probe to visit Jupiter was the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft in late February 2007. The probe used the gravity from Jupiter to increase its speed and adjust its trajectory toward Pluto, thereby saving years of travel. Future targets for exploration in the Jovian system include the possible ice-covered liquid ocean on the moon Europa.
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