10 facts about Jupiter

1. It is the most massive of the planets;

2. It has the strongest magnetic field of the planets;

3. The planet has no solid surface;

4. The core temperature is 25,000 k;

5. The great red spot is roughly the same diameter as Earth;

6. The atmosphere is made up of mainly Hydrogen and Helium;

7. The first objects in the solar system discovered by means of a telescope were the four brightest satellites of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto);

8. Jupiter is 5th planet from the sun;

9. The planet was named after the Roman King of the Gods;

10. Jupiter is the source of intense bursts of radio noise, at some frequencies occasionally radiating more energy than the Sun.