Jupiter: Giant, Windy Gas-Ball Protecting The Inner Solar System | Video

Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 14:01 in Astronomy & Space

By far the most massive planet in our solar system, Jupiter features giant hurricanes, auroras, abstract artistic cloudswirls, and maybe even a solid core. It also protects Earth by gravitationally clearing the solar system of asteroids and comets.

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