Jupiter stripes

jupiter rotates very fast on its axis, once every 10 hours. This has formed a pattern of stripes in it's atmosphere, which runs parallel to the equator. The lighter zones are warm, rising masses of clouds, and the dark ones are cold, descending clouds. This pattern is disturbed by storms. One of these, the 'large red spot ' is huge and can see from Earth. Jupiter is not only the biggest but also heaviest planet. It has more than 60 moons. Four of them were detected by Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei with a telescope as early 400 years ago.