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Jupiter with its cloud bands and the Great Red Spot
Plate VI

Jupiter

The largest planet in the system, a gas giant whose mass is greater than that of every other planet combined. Its Great Red Spot is an anticyclonic storm that has been active for centuries, wider than Earth itself. Its four largest moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — were discovered by Galileo in 1610.

Diameter139,820 km
Average distance from Sun778.5 million km
Local year11.86 Earth years
Confirmed moons101