About Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and is the largest planet in the Solar System. Jupiter is almost entirely made of gas, which separates into latitudinal bands. The different bands interact violently, and cause atmospheric storms that are visible from space. The largest of these storms is called the Great Red Spot, and has been observed on the planet for centuries.NinePlanets.org: Jupiter
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The biggest planet in the Solar System is Jupiter. And it’s not just a little bigger than everything else, Jupiter is 2.5 times more massive than ...
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Jupiter is around 4.6 billion years old. It formed along with the entire solar system. Sun and Jupiter are contemporaries. It may be impossible to say which ...
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Fast Facts
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Largest planet in the Solar System
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Lacks a solid, rocky crust like Earth
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Discovered in ancient times
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Named after the king of the Roman pantheon
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Radius
71,492 kilometers (11 times Earth's radius)
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Circumference
449,197 kilometers
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Surface area
62.8 billion square kilometers (122 times Earth's)
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Mass
1.89x1027 kilograms (318 times Earth's mass)
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Average distance from the Sun
7.8 million kilometers
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Atmospheric Composition
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*Hydrogen
89.8%
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*Helium
10.2%
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- Trace amounts of methane, ammonia, hydrogen deuteride, ethane, waterNASA: Jupiter Fact Sheet
