Jupiter

Jupiter is the first planet in the four outer planets. It is the largest body in our solar system, except for our sun, which is 1000 times bigger than Jupiter, making it look very puny. It is often called the striped planet because of the bands on the surface. It has 67 moons orbiting it. Many are thought to be asteroids stolen from the belt. Jupiter is made mostly of Hydrogen and Helium, but may have a rocky core. It is very large in volume, but is not very dense. It can hold 1231 earths in it, but Earth is a lot denser. Jupiter is only 1.33g/cm³, but Earth is 5.52g/cm³. Jupiter’s most distinguishable aspect is the Red Spot’s on its surface. Imagine a storm about the size of Earth, which is what the Red Spots are. They are massive storms on the surface of planet Jupiter. Since Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, they named it after the king of roman gods, Jupiter.