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The Full History of Jupiter: The Planet That Came First

Published Oct 24, 2026 · 27 min

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Before the Earth existed, Jupiter was already here. Isotopes in iron meteorites suggest its core formed within about the first million years of the solar system, splitting the young disk in two.

Narration in this film is a synthetic, cloned voice. Sources and image credits are in the YouTube description.

Chapters

1. 00:00 Channel opening
2. 00:10 The planet that came first
3. 01:43 How do you build a giant?
4. 03:19 The star that never was
5. 05:20 Did Jupiter wander?
6. 08:09 Shield or slingshot?
7. 10:52 The asteroids that follow Jupiter
8. 12:45 Four new worlds, 1610
9. 14:43 First close encounters
10. 17:01 Into the clouds
11. 19:12 Inside the giant
12. 22:11 The ocean moons
13. 24:25 The next visitors
14. 26:21 What Jupiter means for us

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