1. Jupiter is the fourth brightest object to be seen in the sky, after Sun, Venus and Mars.
2. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
3. Jupiter is a gaseous planet, which is held together by a massive gravity field.
4. Though Jupiter is the largest planet, it rotates extremely fast on its orbit taking 9 hours 55 minutes Earth hours.
5. Jupiter's giant red spot is a storm, which is brewing for over 300 years.
6. The atmosphere of Jupiter consists of intense wind patters, running horizontally across the planet.
7. Jupiter has the strongest pull of gravity amongst all the planets of the Solar System.
8. Jupiter has 16 big satellites and many other smaller satellites.
9. Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are the largest Galilean satellites of Jupiter and are known so as they were discovered by Galileo in 1610.
10. Ganymede is the largest Galilean satellite of Jupiter.
11. Jupiter's mass is 318 times larger than that of the Earth.
