The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jupiter:

Jupiter – fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a giant planet with a mass one-thousandth that of the Sun, but two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. Jupiter is a gas giant, along with Saturn, with the other two giant planets, Uranus and Neptune, being ice giants. Jupiter was known to astronomers of ancient times. The Romans named it after their god Jupiter. When viewed from Earth, Jupiter can reach an apparent magnitude of −2.94, bright enough for its reflected light to cast shadows, and making it on average the third-brightest object in the night sky after the Moon and Venus.

Contents Astronomical object Gravitationally rounded object Planet Giant planet Gas giant Jupiter analogue Planet of the Solar System Outer planet Superior planet

Location of Jupiter

Milky Way Galaxy – barred spiral galaxy Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way Solar System – the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including 8 planets, the 5th planet from the sun being Jupiter Orbit of Jupiter

Features of Jupiter

Magnetosphere of Jupiter Atmosphere of Jupiter Great Red Spot Rings of Jupiter Kirkwood gap

Natural satellites of Jupiter

Moons of Jupiter Jupiter Trojan Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9

Inner Moons of Jupiter

Metis Adrastea Amalthea Thebe

Galilean moons of Jupiter

Galilean moons

Io

Io Volcanism on Io Exploration of Io Regions on Io Volcanic features on Io Mountains on Io Quadrangles on Io

Europa

Europa Geological features on Europa Craters on Europa Lineae on Europa Quadrangles on Europa

Ganymede

Ganymede List of geological features on Ganymede List of craters on Ganymede List of quadrangles on Ganymede

Callisto

Callisto List of geological features on Callisto List of craters on Callisto List of quadrangles on Callisto Valhalla

Irregular prograde moons of Jupiter

Themisto Carpo Valetudo

Himalia group of moons of Jupiter

Himalia group Leda Himalia Ersa Pandia Lysithea Elara Dia

Ananke group of moons of Jupiter

Ananke group S/2003 J 12 Euporie Eupheme Jupiter LV Jupiter LII Thelxinoe Euanthe Helike Orthosie Jupiter LXVIII Jupiter LIV Jupiter LXIV Iocaste S/2003 J 16 Praxidike Harpalyke Mneme Hermippe Thyone Jupiter LXX Ananke Jupiter LXXIII

Carme group of moons of Jupiter

Carme group Jupiter LXXII Herse Aitne Kale Taygete Jupiter LXI Chaldene S/2003 J 10 Erinome Kallichore Jupiter LXVI Jupiter LXIX Kalyke Carme Jupiter LXIII Pasithee Jupiter LI Eukelade Arche Isonoe S/2003 J 9 Eirene

Pasiphae group of moons of Jupiter Pasiphae group Jupiter LXVII Philophrosyne S/2003 J 23 Aoede Callirrhoe Eurydome Kore Cyllene Jupiter LVI Jupiter LIX S/2003 J 4 Pasiphae Hegemone Sinope Sponde Autonoe Megaclite

History of Jupiter

History of Jupiter

Exploration of Jupiter

Exploration of Jupiter

Flyby missions to explore Jupiter

Pioneer program Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager program Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Ulysses Cassini–Huygens New Horizons Europa Clipper Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

Direct missions to explore Jupiter

Galileo Juno

Proposed missions to explore Jupiter

EJSM/Laplace Jupiter Europa Orbiter Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter Io Volcano Observer Colonization of Europa

Cancelled missions to explore Jupiter

Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Europa Orbiter Pioneer H

Exploration of Jupiter's moons

Exploration of Callisto Exploration of Europa Exploration of Ganymede Exploration of Io

Jupiter-related fiction

Jupiter in fiction Jupiter's moons in fiction Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect Jupiter Effect

Jupiter-related organizations

NASA

Jupiter-related publications

Sidereus Nuncius

See also

Outline of astronomy Outline of the Solar System Outline of space exploration

References

External links

—A simulation of the 62 moons of Jupiter.

June 2010 impact video

Photographs of Jupiter circa 1920s from the Lick Observatory Records Digital Archive, UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections