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:: JUPITER :: |
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Scientific Notation
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By Comparison
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| Discovered By | Known by the Ancients | ||
| Date of Discovery | Unknown | ||
| Average Distance from the Sun | 778,412,020 km | 7.7841202 x 108 km (5.20336 A.U.) | 5.023 x Earth |
| Perihelion (closest) | 740,742,600 km | 7.407426 x 108 km (4.952 A.U.) | 5.036 x Earth |
| Aphelion (farthest) | 816,081,400 km | 8.160814 x 108 km (5.455 A.U.) | 5.366 x Earth |
| Equatorial Radius | 71,492 km | 7.1492 x 104 km | 11.209 x Earth |
| Equatorial Circumference | 449,197 km | 4.49197 x 105 km | - |
| Volume | 1,425,500,000,000,000 km3 | 1.4255 x 1015 km3 | 1316 x Earth |
| Mass | 1,898,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg | 1.8987 x 1027 kg | 317.82 x Earth |
| Density | 1.33 g/cm3 | - | 0.241 x Earth |
| Surface Area | 62,179,600,000 km2 | 6.21796 x 1010 km2 | 121.9 x Earth |
| Equatorial Surface Gravity | 20.87 m/s2 | - | If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 214 pounds on Jupiter |
| Escape Velocity | 214,300 km/h | 59,540 m/s | 5.33 x Earth |
| Sidereal Rotation
Period (Length of Day) |
0.41354 Earth days 9.925 hours | - | 0.4147 x Earth |
| Sidereal Orbit Period
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11.8565 Earth years 4330.6 Earth days | - | - |
| Mean Orbit Velocity | 47,051 km/h | 13,069.7 m/s | 0.0439 x Earth |
| Orbital Eccentricity | 0.04839 | - | 2.90 x Earth |
| Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic | 1.305 degrees | - | - |
| Equatorial Inclination to Orbit | 3.12 degrees | - | 0.0178 x Earth |
| Orbital Circumference | 4,774,000,000 km | 4.774 x 109 km | 5.165 x Earth |
| Effective Temperature | -148 °C | 125 K | |
| Atmospheric Constituents | Hydrogen, Helium | H2, He | |
| natural satelites | 1. Metis 2. Adrastea 3. Amalthea 4. Thebe 5. Io 6. Europa 7. Ganymede 8. Callisto 9. Themisto 10. Leda 11. Himalia 12. Lysithea 13. Elara 14. S/2000 J11 15. Iocaste 16. Praxidike 17. Harpalyke 18. Ananke 19. Isonoe 20. Erinome 21. Taygete 22. Chaldene 23. Carme 24. Pasiphae 25. S/2002 J1 26. Kalyke 27. Magaclite 28. Sinope 29. Callirrhoe 30. Euporie 31. Kale 32. Orthosie 33. Thyone 34. Euanthe 35. Hermippe 36. Pasithee 37. Eurydome 38. Aitne 39. Sponde 40. Autonoe 41. S/2003 J1 42. S/2003 J2 43. S/2003 J3 44. S/2003 J4 45. S/2003 J5 46. S/2003 J6 47. S/2003 J7 48. S/2003 J8 49. S/2003 J9 50. S/2003 J10 51. S/2003 J11 52. S/2003 J12 53. S/2003 J13 54. S/2003 J14 55. S/2003 J15 56. S/2003 J16 57. S/2003 J17 58. S/2003 J18 59. S/2003 J19 60. S/2003 J20 61. S/2003 J21 62. S/2003 J22 63. S/2003 J23 | ||
