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Jupiter and Saturn
The two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, have many of the same characteristics along with many differences. ... Throughout history, knowledge of the existence of Jupiter and Saturn have been known, but further knowledge has not been obtained until the development and deployment of space probes and other observational tools we now have today. ...
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun, is obviously a unique planet with many amazing characteristics. ... Interestingly enough, if Jupiter were to be 100 times larger than it is now, it could have become a star. ... Jupiter’s Diameter is 142,984 km across at the equator. It would not be hard to believe that Jupiter is among the brightest objects in the sky. ... What is also very interesting about Jupiter, along with Saturn, is that they are self-luminous. ...
Being such a large and bright planet, Jupiter was able to be seen and was known to exist even back in the prehistoric times. Galileo, living from 1564-1642, discovered that Jupiter had four large moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
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