... Jupiter is the next most obvious, to the left (east) of Venus, but not quite as bright. ... Uranus and Neptune are both between Jupiter and Venus, but are too faint to be seen without either binoculars or a telescope. ...
... An asteroid in this orbit would be in a 1:2 ratio of Jupiter's orbit (Jupiter takes 12 years or so to revolve around the Sun, and an asteroid 3.28 AU from the Sun orbits in about 6 years). ...
... That's wrong: see note at end of page]), Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Six, right? . But wait! ... Note (July 9, 1999): The seven planets of the ancients were Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Sun and the Moon. ...
... For example, the amazing images being returned from Jupiter right now are from the Galileo satellite, which is performing a complex gravitational dance around Jupiter and its moons. ...
... Heck, comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smacked into Jupiter in 1994 , leaving stains on the jovian face as big as Earth. ... The comet undergoes changes billions of times larger when it gets near Jupiter. Unfortunately, this saga may not be over. ...
... demise of Planet X in May 2003, and Jupiter failing to turn into a star in September ... They are: the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Chiron. ... Mars . 245.6 . 240 . Jupiter . 61.9 . 60 . Saturn . ...
... A brown dwarf has about the same size as Jupiter (due to the way planets behave, piling more mass onto Jupiter won't make it bigger, it'll make it denser). ...