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! Jupiter is a giant gas planet that is located in our solar system and is the largest planet in our solar system. Despite its size, Jupiter does not orbit the Sun in the same way that the Earth and the other planets in our solar system do. To understand why Jupiter doesn't orbit the Sun in the same way as other planets, we need to look at the formation of our solar system. The solar system formed from a cloud of gas and dust that collapsed under its own gravity. As the cloud collapsed, it began

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