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Jupiter is not the size and shape we've long thought it was

The biggest planet in our Solar System just got a little smaller. Okay, not physically, but our measurements of Jupiter just got more precise, and it turns out there's slightly less of the giant than ...
AOL

Jupiter was once double its current size, study finds

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has long intrigued scientists seeking to understand its mysterious origins. Recently, researchers uncovered groundbreaking details that shed fresh ...
PRIMETIMER

Juno data reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than expected

New spacecraft data from Pioneer, Voyager and Juno show that Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier estimates, refining the planet’s measured size and shape.
Mashable

Jupiter designed the solar system. Here's what the planet was like as a child.

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...
Yahoo

Why Scientists Are Still Figuring Out the Size and Shape of Jupiter

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows the difference between Jupiter's older and newer measurements. (Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science) ...
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Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

The measurements from NASA's Juno orbiter mark the first time that the size and shape of Jupiter has been evaluated in more than fifty years. NASA's Pioneer and Voyager missions made observations of ...
Futurism

Scientists Find Jupiter Used to Be More Than Twice Its Current Size

You don’t need us to tell you that Jupiter, which has more than twice the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, is the biggest game in town (other than the Sun, at least.) But ...