Pictures taken by space probes have shown thin rings around Jupiter. One of Jupiter's moons, Io, has active volcanoes on it. Areas on Io that are near the volcanoes are very, very hot. Mr. Simon lives with his wife in Great Neck, New York. 9 Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest.
Gas giants are also very much larger than terrestrial planets.
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