Jupiter Facts And History!

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From how it was discovered, to the many moons it possesses, and more! Join me as I show you facts and the history of Jupiter!
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9. The Finding Of Jupiter
A key part of astronomy as a whole is knowing when people first saw and documented key objects in the sky, this of course includes the planets like Jupiter. But as history has shown us, it's not something that was discovered recently, but rather, farther into the past than you would expect.
The first finding of Jupiter dates back to at least the Babylonian astronomers of the 7th or 8th century BC. The ancient Chinese also observed the orbit of Suìxīng and established their cycle of 12 earthly branches based on its approximate number of years; the Chinese language still uses its name when referring to years of age.
By the 4th century BC, these observations had developed into the Chinese zodiac, with each year associated with a Tai Sui star and god controlling the region of the heavens opposite Jupiter's position in the night sky; these beliefs survive in some Taoist religious practices and in the East Asian zodiac's twelve animals, now often popularly assumed to be related to the arrival of the animals before Buddha. The Chinese historian Xi Zezong has claimed that Gan De, an ancient Chinese astronomer, discovered one of Jupiter's moons in 362 BC with the unaided eye. If accurate, this would predate Galileo's discovery by nearly two millennia. Though obviously this is a bit up for debate.
Either way though, as you can see, Jupiter has been known about in the sky for quite some time, with many different civilizations keeping track of it and the entities around it.
8. The Seasons And Orbits
In regards to our solar system, Jupiter is the biggest of our planets. It's so big you can put 1300 Earths into it with no issues. Which means that everything just has to be bigger on the planet, am I right? Well...no.
For example, in terms of its daily orbit? It rotates on its axis faster than any of the planets that we have in our system. For Jupiter, a day takes only about 10 hours. That's less than half an Earth day, and you thought time flew on our planet!
But there's a catch...because that "everything is bigger..." line does apply to how the year works on Jupiter. Given its distance from the sun, and how fast it moves, a year on Jupiter takes...12 Earth years! Or 11.86 to be a bit more precise. That means that for every 12 orbits around the sun for Earth, Jupiter will have just completed a singular loop. So as you can see, it's a bit of a tradeoff. You may have faster days on Jupiter, but you'll also have MUCH longer years.
Finally, for the seasons, the gas giants have a bit different of a system in terms to seasons. Because they are made of gas, no solid surface, and that means that their clouds dictate their seasonal outbursts as much as the sun does. To that end, Jupiter is known to be a very stormy planet, and then when it gets to a certain point near the sun, it can change in one area and be cold, while the other can be hot.
Oh, and seasons last 3 years there, so there's that.
Consider this one of the many reasons we don't see to inhabit Jupiter...for now.
7. The Moons
In 1610, Italian polymath Galileo Galilei discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope; thought to be the first telescopic observation of moons other than Earth's.
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