History of Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet of the Solar System. It is the oldest planet of the Solar System thus it was the first to take shape out of the remains of the solar nebula.Jupiter is also twice as massive as all the other planets combined, having 318 times the mass of Earth. The gas giant has a gravity of 24.79 m/s², a little more than twice of Earth. Its powerful gravity has been used to hurl spacecraft into the farthest regions of the solar system. Jupiter rotates once every 10 hours – A Jovian day – thus it has the shortest day of all the planets in the solar system. Jupiter does not have a solid surface being comprised mostly out of swirling gases and liquids such as 90% hydrogen, 10% helium – very similar to the sun. A very small fraction of the atmosphere is made up of compounds such as ammonia, sulfur, methane, and water vapor. Jupiter’s atmosphere is the largest planetary atmosphere in the solar system. It makes up almost the entire planet. It holds a unique place in the history of space exploration since after it was observed through the telescope, some of its moons were also discovered and because of this, their movements were observed thus ending the belief that everything orbited the Earth.