Jupiter inonyanya kuumbwa ne hydrogen ine chikamu chimwe muzvina chehuremu hwayo chiri helium, kunyange hazvo helium iine chikamu chimwe chete kubva mugumi chema molecules. Inogonawo kuva ne rocky core yezvinhu zvinorema, asi kufanana nemamwe mapuraneti makuru, Jupiter haina nzvimbo yakasimba yakanyatsotsanangurwa. Nekuda kwekutenderera kwayo nekukurumidza, chimiro chenyika iyi ndeche oblate spheroid (ine zvishoma asi inonzwika bulge yakatenderedza equator). Atmosphere yekunze inoratidzika yakaparadzaniswa mumabhendi akati wandei pamatanho akasiyana, zvichikonzera mhirizhonga uye madutu pamwe nemiganhu yavo inopindirana. Mhedzisiro inonyanya kuzivikanwa ndeyeGreat Red Spot, dutu hombe rinozivikanwa kuti rave riripo kubvira muzana ramakore rechi17 parakatanga kuonekwa neteresikopu.
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