Jupiter
The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet out from the Sun.
Jupiter is two and a half times more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined. It is made primarily of gases and is therefore known as a "gas giant".
Jupiter Facts
- Equatorial Diameter: 142,984 km
- Polar Diameter: 133,709 km
- Mass: 1.90 x 10^27 kg (318 Earths)
- Moons: 67 (Io, Europa, Ganymede & Callisto)
- Rings: 4
- Orbit Distance: 778,340,821 km (5.20 AU)
- Orbit Period: 4,333 days (11.9 years)
- Surface Temperature: -108°C
- First Record: 7th or 8th century BC
- Recorded By: Babylonian astronomers