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Both discovered in 1610, Callisto & Io are 2 of its satellites |
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2024-11-05 |
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A report on Ganymede, a moon of this planet, suggests a liquid ocean under the surface & snow that falls up |
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2023-03-07 |
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Perijove means the point in orbit closest to this planet |
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SCIENCE WORDS |
2023-01-11 |
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NASA scientists helped with the sci-fi thriller "Europa Report", about a chilling journey to a moon of this planet |
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SCIENCE FICTION |
2021-07-27 |
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Carpo, Kale & Eirene are 3 of the 79 known moons orbiting this planet |
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A MOMENT OF SCIENCE |
2021-07-08 |
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Named for the man who first observed them, the "Galilean satellites" are the 4 largest moons of this planet |
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SPACE SCIENCE |
2019-12-30 |
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NASA's Juno spacecraft recently solved the mystery of lightning seen on this planet |
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NEW IN SCIENCE |
2019-05-21 |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) In 2015, NASA said there appears to be a saltwaterocean, with more water than exists on the surface Earth, beneath the icy crust of Ganymede, the largest moon of this planet |
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2016-01-26 |
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In 2014 scientists found the first evidence of tectonic plates outside the Earth on a moon of this largest planet |
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GENERAL SCIENCE |
2015-04-14 |
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At last count, this planet in our solar system had 63 known moons |
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BASIC SCIENCE |
2007-01-24 |
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The sun is 333,000 times as massive as the Earth & 1,047 times as massive as this planet |
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SCIENCE |
1997-10-16 |
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You could put all the other planets inside this planet & still have room to spare |
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SCIENCE |
1996-02-08 |
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The adjective used to describe things having to do with this planet is Jovian |
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SCIENCE |
1993-07-15 |
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In the time it takes this largest planet to go once around the Sun, Earth has gone around 12 times |
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SCIENCE |
1993-04-02 |
#1985 |
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Callisto is the outermost of this planet's four Galilean moons |
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GENERAL SCIENCE |
1992-11-09 |
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This largest planet has a mass of over 300 times that of Earth |
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PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
1992-03-05 |
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If a jogger could circle the Earth in 6 months, it would take him 5 1/2 years to run around this planet |
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SCIENCE |
1987-09-30 |
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Heinrich Schwabe not only studied sunspots, but discovered the "Great Red Spot" on this planet too |
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SCIENCE |
1986-04-17 |
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