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Jupiter may be smaller than we thought, new discovery stuns scientists

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has forced planetary scientists to reconsider something they thought was settled: how big Jupiter actually is. New measurements show the solar system’s largest planet is ...
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Jupiter smaller? Textbooks will need updating

The planet Jupiter, a gas giant and the king of our Solar System, has just been measured as slightly smaller than what is ...

Jupiter’s New Measurements: Flatter, Squashed, Still the Biggest Boy

According to this early data, Jupiter’s equatorial radius was around 44,423 miles (71,492 kilometers), and its polar radius ...

Turns Out Jupiter Isn't The Size And Shape We Thought, NASA Says

An international team of researchers using data from NASA’s Juno mission has redefined the physical dimensions of the gas ...

NASA finds Jupiter slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier calculations

NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds Jupiter’s diameter slightly smaller than old estimates, providing precise data on the gas ...
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New Juno findings suggest Jupiter is not as large as scientists once believed

Scientists using Juno report Jupiter is smaller than previously thought, enhancing understanding of its shape, interior density, gravitational field, and comparison to other gas giant planets ...