JUPITER.
A giant with a world of its own.
SCHEMATIC / NOT A SURFACE MAP
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The measured world
- Mean radius
- 69,911 km
- Mean diameter
- 139,822 km
- Mass
- 1.898e+27 kg
- Gravity
- 24.79 m/s²
- Escape velocity
- 59.5 km/s
- Mean temperature
- -110 °C
- Rotation period
- 9.925 Earth hours
- Orbital period
- 4,332.589 Earth days
- Mean distance from Sun
- 5.203 AU
Rounded reference values. Rotation is sidereal and differs from the solar day. Giant planets have no solid surface; temperature and gravity use atmospheric reference levels. Some moon counts are omitted because discoveries change them.
Compare with EarthA closer look
The Great Red Spot is a long-lived atmospheric storm.
Jupiter has a faint ring system.
Atmosphere
Mostly hydrogen and helium, with clouds in multiple atmospheric layers.
Discovery
Known since antiquity.