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It's got the strongest gravity of any planet, nearly 2 1/2 times ours |
Jupiter
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$200 |
J |
GOING TO PLANETARY EXTREMES |
2024-09-09 |
#9156 |
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Ancient astronomers didn't know the size of this gas giant when naming it for the Roman ruler of the gods |
Jupiter
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$400 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
2024-05-08 |
#9098 |
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Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park... hold on, that's in Florida; the planet? A slightly oval 10,000-mile-wide reddish storm system |
Jupiter
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$800 |
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FEATURES OF THE PLANET |
2023-12-29 |
#9005 |
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The largest known storm in our Solar System, the Great Red Spot, has been swirling across this planet for centuries |
Jupiter
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$800 |
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ON ANOTHER PLANET |
2023-10-18 |
#17 |
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Leda is one of its more than 50 named moons |
Jupiter
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$800 |
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QUICK PLANETS |
2023-05-05 |
#8865 |
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Billed as having a Great Red Spot, recently more like a medium-sized orange pimple |
Jupiter
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$400 |
J |
PLANET SHAMING |
2021-04-20 |
#8382 |
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It has the solar system's largest moon |
Jupiter
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$800 |
DJ |
PLANETARY EXTREMES |
2020-12-07 |
#8296 |
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Believed to be made of metallic hydrogen, not water, the largest ocean in the solar system is on this planet |
Jupiter
DD
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$6,200 |
DJ |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
2020-04-08 |
#8198 |
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...has about a dozen moons at least 6 miles in diameter, including Ganymede |
Jupiter
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$400 |
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THIS PLANET |
2020-03-20 |
#8185 |
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Channing Tatum was spaced out in 2015's this "Ascending" |
Jupiter
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$1,600 |
DJ |
THE TITLE PLANET |
2019-02-08 |
#7925 |
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Its magnetic field has been called the biggest thing in the solar system |
Jupiter
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$600 |
J |
PLANETARY FACTS |
2018-04-02 |
#7731 |
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You'll spot itssymbol |
Jupiter
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$800 |
J |
PICK A PLANET |
2017-11-28 |
#7642 |
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It's nearly 89,000 miles in diameter |
Jupiter
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$600 |
J |
WHAT'S THAT PLANET? |
2017-05-29 |
#7541 |
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The Great Red Spot is there |
Jupiter
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$600 |
J |
WHICH PLANET? |
2016-02-29 |
#7246 |
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Its most prominent feature, the Great Red Spot, is more than twice as wide as the Earth |
Jupiter
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$400 |
J |
IT'S A PLANET |
2014-07-25 |
#6890 |
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Before missile; after jumpin' |
Jupiter
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$1,000 |
J |
WHERE IS THAT PLANET? |
2013-01-10 |
#6519 |
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It's the largest & most massive of the planets in the solar system |
Jupiter
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$200 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
2012-07-31 |
#6432 |
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It's 11 times wider than Earth at the equator, but shorter than that through the poles |
Jupiter
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$200 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
2012-02-16 |
#6314 |
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Lighthouse city near Palm Beach, Florida |
Jupiter
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$800 |
J |
ONE OF THE 8 PLANETS |
2010-12-17 |
#6045 |
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Leda is its 13th moon |
Jupiter
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$2,000 |
DJ |
PICK A PLANET |
2010-01-01 |
#5825 |
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In 1610 Galileo called the moons of this planet the "Medician stars", for the Medici brothers |
Jupiter
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ASTRONOMY |
2009-03-03 |
#5642 |
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Florida town with a park named for Burt Reynolds |
Jupiter
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$800 |
J |
ALSO A PLANET |
2009-01-08 |
#5604 |
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Its moon Ganymede is the largest in the solar system |
Jupiter
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$800 |
DJ |
DID YOU PLANET THAT WAY? |
2007-10-23 |
#5317 |
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The Great Red Spot on this planet is actually a giant storm |
Jupiter
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$1,200 |
DJ |
NAME THAT PLANET |
2007-07-19 |
#5279 |
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Greater in mass than all the other planets combined, it's surrounded by dozens of moons |
Jupiter
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$400 |
J |
WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM? |
2006-10-05 |
#5074 |
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The diameter of this largest planet in our solar system is more than 11 times that of the earth |
Jupiter
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$200 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
2004-11-23 |
#4652 |
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The heaviest |
Jupiter
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$200 |
J |
PLANETARY DISTINCTIONS |
2004-10-05 |
#4617 |
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The root of this planet's name means "god-father" |
Jupiter
DD
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$3,600 |
J |
DID WE PLANET THAT WAY? |
2004-07-02 |
#4580 |
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In 1610 Galileo became the first to find other moons when he saw moons orbiting this giant planet |
Jupiter
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$800 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
2004-05-03 |
#4536 |
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In 1979 Voyager 1 discovered that this large body has rings, just like Saturn & Uranus |
Jupiter
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$400 |
J |
ASTRONOMY'S GREATEST HITS |
2003-05-27 |
#4327 |
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Callisto, a satellite of this planet, has a rock heart, not a Flockhart |
Jupiter
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$1,000 |
J |
THE OTHER PLANETS |
2002-02-05 |
#4017 |
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It's been estimated that this planet contains about 70% of all the material in the solar system, excluding the sun |
Jupiter
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$400 |
DJ |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
2000-10-03 |
#3697 |
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Lighthouse town just north of Palm Beach, Florida |
Jupiter
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$1,000 |
DJ |
PLANETARY NAMES |
2000-04-24 |
#3611 |
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In 1994 fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck this planet, creating a plume over 1,000 miles high |
Jupiter
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$300 |
J |
ASTRONOMY |
1999-12-31 |
#3530 |
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Containing less than 1% of the mass in the solar system, it's the second most massive object in it |
Jupiter
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FJ |
THE PLANETS |
1999-11-19 |
#3500 |
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Ganymede is one of its 4 Galilean moons |
Jupiter
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$800 |
DJ |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
1999-02-17 |
#3333 |
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Its mass is more than twice the mass of all the other planets combined |
Jupiter
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$200 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
1998-11-24 |
#3272 |
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In 1979 Voyagers 1 & 2 transmitted detailed photos of Io, Ganymede, Europa & Callisto--moons of this planet |
Jupiter
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$1,000 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1997-11-11 |
#3037 |
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Scientists conjecture that this gas giant's moon Europa may sustain an icy ocean |
Jupiter
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$800 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY & SPACE |
1997-02-07 |
#2870 |
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This largest planet spins the most rapidly; its day is just 10 hours long |
Jupiter
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$100 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
1996-12-09 |
#2826 |
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Of the 9 planets, only Mars & Venus can appear brighter in the sky than this largest one |
Jupiter
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$400 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1996-11-25 |
#2816 |
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On December 7, 1995, a probe from the Galileo spacecraft plunged into this planet's atmosphere |
Jupiter
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$300 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
1996-10-01 |
#2777 |
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Any point on the Earth's equator moves at a thousand miles per hour; any point on this largest planet's, at 22,000 miles per hour |
Jupiter
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$200 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1996-07-16 |
#2752 |
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The Trojan asteroids lie in 2 groups moving 60ยบ ahead & behind the orbit of this largest planet |
Jupiter
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$200 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1996-05-16 |
#2709 |
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A comet first sighted in 1993 bombarded this planet with fragments in 1994 |
Jupiter
DD
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$500 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
1996-02-21 |
#2648 |
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The Great Red Spot on this planet is so large it could cover the Earth 3 times |
Jupiter
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$200 |
DJ |
THE PLANETS |
1995-12-04 |
#2591 |
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Neptune is famous for its Great Dark Spot & this planet for its Great Red Spot |
Jupiter
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$200 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
1995-11-09 |
#2574 |
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This largest planet is also the fastest-spinning |
Jupiter
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$200 |
DJ |
THE PLANETS |
1995-06-22 |
#2504 |
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It has the strongest surface gravity of our sun's planets, 2.64 times that of Earth |
Jupiter
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$500 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
1994-01-25 |
#2167 |
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This planet's Great Red Spot is only half the size that it was at the turn of the century |
Jupiter
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$400 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1993-02-17 |
#1953 |
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Ganymede is this largest planet's largest satellite |
Jupiter
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$200 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1993-02-10 |
#1948 |
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With its brilliant coloring, Io has been called the most spectacular of this planet's Galilean moons |
Jupiter
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$500 |
J |
ASTRONOMY & SPACE |
1993-01-28 |
#1939 |
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The probe that Galileo drops into this planet's atmosphere in 1995 is expected to work for about an hour |
Jupiter
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$1,000 |
DJ |
THE PLANETS |
1992-12-23 |
#1913 |
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The equatorial diameter of this planet, 88,700 miles, is about 11 times that of the earth |
Jupiter
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$400 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1992-10-14 |
#1863 |
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In 1979 Voyager I photographed volcanoes erupting on Io, a moon of this large planet |
Jupiter
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$400 |
DJ |
THE PLANETS |
1991-12-11 |
#1678 |
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Sagittarians are ruled by this planet named for the king of the gods |
Jupiter
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$400 |
J |
ASTROLOGY |
1991-07-10 |
#1598 |
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Not surprisingly, this planet has the strongest magnetic field of any in the solar system |
Jupiter
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$800 |
DJ |
THE PLANETS |
1990-12-31 |
#1461 |
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The mass of this planet is more than twice that of all other planets in our solar system combined |
Jupiter
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$200 |
DJ |
THE PLANETS |
1990-07-13 |
#1370 |
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The 4 largest moons of this planet are called Galilean satellites after Galileo, who saw them in 1610 |
Jupiter
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$600 |
DJ |
THE PLANETS |
1990-03-05 |
#1276 |
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It's the closest to the Sun of our solar system's outer planets |
Jupiter
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$400 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1989-01-02 |
#1001 |
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An astronaut "on" this planet would weigh about 2.5 times as much as he did on earth |
Jupiter
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$400 |
DJ |
MAN IN SPACE |
1988-02-29 |
#811 |
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This planet contains about 70% of all matter in our sun's 9 major planets |
Jupiter
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$300 |
J |
ASTRONOMY |
1987-12-21 |
#761 |
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Its largest moon, Ganymede, can be seen from earth through binoculars |
Jupiter
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$400 |
J |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
1986-11-21 |
#510 |
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The only object in the solar system, besides Earth, known to have active volcanoes is Io, a moon of this planet |
Jupiter
DD
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$1,000 |
DJ |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
1986-10-01 |
#473 |
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It's about as large as a planet can be without being a sun |
Jupiter
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$400 |
DJ |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
1986-04-14 |
#416 |
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A day on this largest planet is less than 10 Earth hours |
Jupiter
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$200 |
DJ |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
1986-04-04 |
#410 |
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Planet traveled to in film whose theme was thefollowing:[Also sprach Zarathustraplays] |
Jupiter
DD
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$300 |
J |
THE PLANETS |
1985-12-05 |
#324 |
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Galileo discovered 4 of this planet's 16 moons |
Jupiter
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$800 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1984-11-05 |
#41 |