Fun Facts About Jupiter, the Biggest Planet in 3D
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Jupiter at a glance
If Earth were the size of a grape, Jupiter would be about as big as a basketball.
- Order from the Sun
- 5th of 8
- Type
- Gas giant
- Distance from the Sun
- 778.5 million km (5.2 AU)
- Diameter
- 142,984 km (11.21× Earth)
- Length of day
- 9.9 hours
- Length of year
- about 11.9 Earth years
- Moons
- 115
- Rings
- Yes
- Average temperature
- -110 °C (-166 °F)
- Gravity
- 236% of Earth's
- Axis tilt
- 3.1°
- Sunlight takes
- 43 minutes
On Jupiter you would weigh about 189 (236% of your Earth weight). Your mass stays the same; only gravity changes.
Source: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet and NASA Science. Giant planets have no solid surface; gravity is given at the cloud tops.
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