Jupiter was named after The King of the Roman Gods. It is 484 million miles away from the sun. Jupiter goes around the sun in 11.9 earth years, and rotates in 9 hours and 55 minutes. It's diameter is 88,700 miles. It is 11 times the size of earth. Jupiter has a small rocky core and an atmosphere made of hydrogen and helium. There is a faint ring that can't be seen from earth around Jupiter. It was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979. Jupiter has a Great Red Spot. It is a storm that is at least 100 yrs. old, and is 25,000 miles wide.
Jupiter has four main moons. They are called The Galilean Moons because Galileo Galilel discovered them. You can see them with a telescope. They are in a different spot every night. Here are their names and about them:
