Jupiter - Wikipedia Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and the largest in the Solar System It is a gas giant with a mass nearly 2 5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly less than one-thousandth the mass of the Sun
Jupiter - Science@NASA Jupiter is the largest and oldest planet in our solar system If Jupiter was a hollow shell, 1,000 Earths could fit inside But the "King of Planets" is no lumbering giant — Jupiter has the shortest day in the solar system, taking about 9 9 hours to spin around once on its axis
Jupiter | Facts, Moons, Rings, Temperature, Size, Color | Britannica Jupiter, the most massive planet in the solar system and the fifth in distance from the Sun It is one of the brightest objects in the night sky; only the Moon, Venus, and sometimes Mars are more brilliant
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Jupiter Facts - Science@NASA Jupiter is a world of extremes It's the largest planet in our solar system – if it were a hollow shell, 1,000 Earths could fit inside It's also the oldest planet, forming from the dust and gases left over from the Sun's formation 4 6 billion years ago
Jupiter - Gas Giant, Moons, Orbit | Britannica Jupiter - Gas Giant, Moons, Orbit: Jupiter has an equatorial diameter of about 143,000 km (88,900 miles) and orbits the Sun at a mean distance of 778 million km (483 million miles) The table shows additional physical and orbital data for Jupiter
Jupiter Exploration - Science@NASA Jupiter shines bright in the night sky, so people have known about it since ancient times The first detailed observations of this planet were made by Galileo Galilei in 1610 with a small, homemade telescope