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Oct 2002

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1808. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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At 5.2 AU from the Sun (table 1), Jupiter is the closest and the most massive of the GIANT PLANETS, which extend in the outer solar system up to heliocentric distances of 30 AU. Its mass amounts to 318 terrestrial masses, and its diameter is 11 times the terrestrial one (table 2). Like the other giant planets, Jupiter has a low density (1.31 g cm-3) which reflects its chemical composition, mostly ...

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