How Fast Does the Wind Blow on Jupiter?
ES2704  Planetary Laboratories

The solar system is home to nine planets. Each is a unique world, different from the others, but only one is known to support life. Why do we study other planets? What can we learn from our "neighbors" about our own planet?

  !   Click the image to learn more about NASA's Jupiter exploration program.

Los Alamos National Laboratory
Planets in the solar system.

1. Why do we study the atmospheres of other planets in the solar system? 



	

 	

		
			
	

	
	

		 
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