The Latest Flyby of Jupiter Has Offered Some of The Most Marvellous Views Yet – ScienceAlert

Jupiter.
Most massive planet in the solar system twice that of all the other planets combined. This giant world formed from the same cloud of dust and gas that became our Sun and the rest of the planets.
But Jupiter was the first-born of our planetary family. As the first planet, Jupiter’s massive gravitational field likely shaped the rest of the entire solar system.
Jupiter could’ve played a role in where all the planets aligned in their orbits around the Sunor didn’t, as the asteroid belt i…

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