| Distance from the Sun: 778,412,020 km Equatorial Radius: 71,492 km Volume: 1,425,500,000,000,000 km3 Mass: 1,898,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg Jupiter's crust = 1,709 miles thick |
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| Discovered By: | Known by the Ancients |
| Date of Discovery: | Unknown |
| Average Distance from the Sun |
Metric: 778,412,020 km English: 483,682,810 miles Scientific Notation: 7.7841202 x 108 km (5.20336 A.U.) By Comparison: 5.203 x Earth |
| Perihelion (closest) |
Metric: 740,742,600 km English: 460,276,100 miles Scientific Notation: 7.407426 x 108 km (4.952 A.U.) By Comparison: 5.036 x Earth |
| Aphelion (farthest) |
Metric: 816,081,400 km English: 507,089,500 miles Scientific Notation: 8.160814 x 108 km (5.455 A.U.) By Comparison: 5.366 x Earth |
| Equatorial Radius |
Metric: 71,492 km English: 44,423 miles Scientific Notation: 7.1492 x 104 km By Comparison: 11.209 x Earth |
| Equatorial Circumference |
Metric: 449,197 km English: 279,118 miles Scientific Notation: 4.49197 x 105 km |
| Volume |
Metric: 1,425,500,000,000,000 km3 English: 342,000,000,000,000 mi3 Scientific Notation: 1.4255 x 1015 km3 By Comparison: 1316 x Earth |
| Mass |
Metric: 1,898,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg Scientific Notation: 1.8987 x 1027 kg By Comparison: 317.82 x Earth |
| Density |
Metric: 1.33 g/cm3 By Comparison: 0.241 x Earth |
| Surface Area |
Metric: 62,179,600,000 km2 English: 24,007,700,000 square miles Scientific Notation: 6.21796 x 1010 km2 By Comparison: 121.9 x Earth |
| Equatorial Surface Gravity |
Metric: 20.87 m/s2 English: 68.48 ft/s2 By Comparison: If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 214 pounds on Jupiter. |
| Escape Velocity |
Metric: 214,300 km/h English: 133,200 mph Scientific Notation: 59,540 m/s By Comparison: 5.33 x Earth |
| Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day) |
0.41354 Earth days 9.925 hours By Comparison: 0.4147 x Earth |
| Mean Orbit Velocity |
Metric: 47,051 km/h English: 29,236 mph Scientific Notation: 13,069.7 m/s By Comparison: 0.439 x Earth |
| Orbital Eccentricity |
.04839 By Comparison: 2.90 x Earth |
| Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic | 1.305 degrees |
| Equatorial Inclination to Orbit | 3.12 degrees By Comparison: 0.0178 x Earth |
| Orbital Circumference |
Metric: 4,774,000,000 km English: 2,996,000,000 miles Scientific Notation: 4.774 x 109 km By Comparison: 5.165 x Earth |
| Effective Temperature |
Metric: -148 °C English: -234 °F Scientific Notation: 125 K |
| Atmospheric Constituents |
Hydrogen, Helium Scientific Notation: H2, He |
| Additional Information: Namesake: |
King of the Roman gods |
