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Jupiter's atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen (90 percent) and helium (9 percent). How does this mixture of gases contrast with the composition of Earth's atmosphere? Why does the composition differ?

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Jupiter's atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen (90 percent) and helium (9 percent). How does this mixture of gases contrast with the composition of Earth's atmosphere? Why does the composition differ?

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Every planet in the solar system has a different composition of air.

Jupiter's atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen (90 percent) and helium (9 percent).

Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of 78 % of nitrogen and 21 % of oxygen.

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