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Jupiter is near enough and bright enough to be seen from Earth, so as long as people have lived, it has been possible to see it. As I am typing this, on August the 11th 2009, it is possible to see Jupiter at night. From the northern hemisphere, it looks like a very bright star towards the south east. It is much brighter than anything else apart from the moon. It will be possible to see it every clear night for many months to come, right throughout the winter.
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∙ 9y agoIt was in 1610 when Galileo discovered that Jupiter has four large moons. The moons names are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto, they are now known as the Galilean moons.
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How long has Jupiter been in space?
how long has Jupiter been in space
How many years has the hurricane on Jupiter raged?
There are several. The largest and best known is Jupiter's Great Red Spot, which is thought to be a super-hurricane sucking up odd materials from the depths of Jupiter's violent atmosphere and turning the cloudtops red. It has been there since Galileo first turned his telescope skywards 400 years ago, but we have no idea how long it had been going on. There have been other cyclonic storms on Jupiter, some of which have lasted for many years.
When was Jupiter first found?
Jupiter has been visible in the night sky for as long as humans can remember. In 1610 Galileo Galilei published his first accounts of his observations of Jupiter with his telescope. He is credited with finding the first four of Jupiter's moons, which are collectively known as the "Galilean Moons" in his honour. the person who found Jupiter was god. He made everything
Does Jupiter have storms?
Not really. A hurricane is a specific type of storm driven by mechanisms not found on Jupiter. Jupiter does however have cyclonic and anticyclonic storms that have some characteristics in common with hurricanes, with a spin driven by the planet's rotation.
A planet known for its great red spot?
The Great Red Spot is a feature of planet Jupiter. The Great Red Spot is an anticyclonic storm, similar to a hurricane, which has been raging on the planet for a long time. It's not known exactly how long the storm has been raging on the planet. But we do know it's existed for over 347 years, because it was first discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini, with a telescope in 1665. There is recent evidence that the storm is beginning to slowly shrink.
How long have you known about Jupiter?
Jupiter is easily visible in the night sky. Jupiter has been known since the first pre-men looked at the stars hundreds of thousands of years ago.
How long has Jupiter been in space?
how long has Jupiter been in space
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how long has Jupiter been in space
Who invented jupiter?
There is no single person who is credited with the discovery of Jupiter. Jupiter is one of the five planets that can be seen in the night sky without using a telescope or binoculars. The planet Jupiter has been known since ancient times and was observed for thousands of years by the people of many different cultures. Galileo was the first to observe Jupiter with a telescope, as Jupiter can be seen with the naked eye, the ancients probably the ones who discovered it. Jupiter can be seen from planet earth, so it is hard to tell who actually saw it first! We will never know when Jupiter was discovered. As it can be the third brightest thing in the night sky, it must have been known to the ancients. It's impossible to know. It's always been visible in the sky to the naked eye as long as man is known to have existed. The planet Jupiter is easily visible to the unaided human eye at night. As such it has been known to man since ancient times and therefore there is no attributed discoverer. The discoverer of Jupiter is not known since it visible with the naked eye. The fact that it is a planet and not a star was known in ancient times by the Chinese and Arabic astronomers. They were called 'wanderers' because they did not stay fixed like stars. It will never be known who discovered Jupiter. It has certainly been known since historical times and it would certainly have been seen by the earliest of humans as they looked up into the skies.
How long has the big dot on Jupiter been there?
It's actually called the Big Red Spot and no one can say for sure how long it has been there, but it has been there for at least as long as we've been able to observe Jupiter.
In what year was Jupiter discovered?
It's impossible to know. It's always been visible in the sky to the naked eye as long as man is known to have existed.
How long has a storm been raging in jupiter's atmosphere?
it has been two dicks
In the solar system which planet has rings around it?
Saturn has long been known for its ring system but more recently rings have also been discovered around Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.
How long has there been a tornado on Mars?
It's Jupiter that has the long lived storm, not Mars
How long have humans been on the planet?
Modern humans have been around for 200,000 years.
What year was clay discovered?
Clay is a common componet of soil, it has always been known about, as long as humans have existed they have known about clay. The same answer could have been given if you had asked when was wood, or water discovered.
How many years has the hurricane on Jupiter raged?
There are several. The largest and best known is Jupiter's Great Red Spot, which is thought to be a super-hurricane sucking up odd materials from the depths of Jupiter's violent atmosphere and turning the cloudtops red. It has been there since Galileo first turned his telescope skywards 400 years ago, but we have no idea how long it had been going on. There have been other cyclonic storms on Jupiter, some of which have lasted for many years.
