Planet Jupiter Facts

  1. Jupiter’s equatorial diameter is 142,984 km
  2. Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is 318 times larger than Earth.
  3. The orbital speed of Jupiter is 13.1 km/sec
  4. A year on Jupiter is equal to 11.9 Earth Years
  5. A day on Jupiter is equal to 9.8 Earth Hours
  6. Jupiter, sometimes called Jove, was the King of the gods in Roman mythology and the son of Saturn.
  7. Jupiter’s maximum distance from the Sun = 817 million km (508 million miles)
  8. Jupiter’s minimum distance from Earth = 588 million km (365 million miles)
  9. Pioneer 10 first spacecraft sent to explore Jupiter in December 1973. Pioneer 10 only did a flyby.
  10. Jupiter has sixty three moons or satellites, eight are regular and 55 irregular.
  11. Jupiter’s four largest moons are named: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
  12. Voyager 1 provided some of the earliest clear and up close photographs of Jupiter in January of 1979.
  13. Jupiter has rings, the third planet discovered to have a ring system in our Solar System.
  14. Jupiter’s rings are identified as: Halo ring, Main ring, Amalthea gossamer ring, and Thebe gossamer ring.
  15. Jupiter’s rings were discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979.
  16. If you weigh 100 lbs, your weight on Jupiter would be 234 lbs. (multiply your actual weight by 2.34)

210 Responses to “ Planet Jupiter Facts ”

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  2. ashely

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  3. ashely

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  4. ripple effect

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  11. jay

    This website helped me alot for my school project, but it could use a bit more info. on the actual planets. Like what the atmosphere is made of, or how long it takes this planet to make one rotation in Earth time.

  12. jada

    dis wbsite needs more info on the actul planet cuz it is not telling me alot of stuff about its atmosphere, or how long it takes for the planet to make one rotation in the earth’s time

  13. MR. spanks your mom

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  33. chuggaaconroy

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  34. redfizzpop

    thanks for the information!!! website could use a bit more info on the actual planet, rather than stuff like what roman god or goddess the planet is named after!

  35. aussie blocke you wont to know

    dont worry pluto im not a planet either

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  37. Hey

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  42. james

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  46. ella

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  48. Cornpop

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  49. Amar Thakre

    Can electricity be produced at jupiter?

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  59. jonn97

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  60. Aagam

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  61. Aagam

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  62. Aagam

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  64. Aagam

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  65. Aagam

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  66. bob the builder

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  68. doris

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  69. Lauryn

    I think all of you should shut up! these people have done there best to make this site so you guys could get info on the planets. And if you don’t think I’m being fair, just look at your comments. Would you like it if someone said that to you ? no! so don’t going around saying it to others. They made the website, and they can take it away! they didin’t even have to make it! but they did so people like you could learn about the planets. so stop messing around and be thankful that you atleast know something about jupiter! geez! Hey creators of this website. If they bug you to much, just delete the site ! bye!

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  76. Aurori

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  77. beach0blonde0goddess

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  80. girl

    the roman vaerson of zeus IS jupiter NOT AND I REPEAT NOT “jove”

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    This site needs to have obviously a LOT more info like… Distance frome the sun and the temperature maybe? So if ya’ll would, take care of it please!!!!
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  95. riztys

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  97. jose10000

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  103. jwoww

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  109. Cassie

    I am 20 and trying to help my 11 yr old nephew do a project and he needs to know about the atmosphere. there is not any info about that. what is jupiter made of i dont know but you should if you make a website about it. do more research

  110. myname

    all the planets aren’t all the same size btw…=/

  111. ashley

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  112. Gangsta T

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  113. corina

    heyyy ppl im here in da class doinq some research for jupiter but idk if its a high tempeture or high so if u see diz tell me plz

  114. corina

    or low tempeture

  115. Pluto

    This site is better than any other planet site and to the ppl who are commeting bad about the facts are iditos and are dump ppl.$$$$$$$$$$$$

  116. I Wont Say My Name

    1. Pluto is the smallest planet in the Solar System, smaller than Earth’s Moon, and half the width of Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede.

    2. Pluto’s journey around the Sun takes 248 Earth years. This means that, since its discovery in 1930, it still has 177 years to go until it has made a complete orbit around the Sun.

    3. Nobody knows what Pluto’s atmosphere contains, or even if it has an atmosphere.

    4. Pluto was the only planet to have been discovered in the Twentieth Century.

    5. Pluto is the only planet in the Solar System that has not yet been visited by a space probe.

    6. Pluto’s orbit is elliptical, meaning that it can come closer to the Sun than Neptune, but then go almost two billion kilometers further away from Neptune’s orbit.

    7. Pluto orbits the Sun on a different plain than the other 8 planets, going over them and below them.

    8. Pluto has three identified moons, Charon, the largest is not much bigger than Pluto itself. (Pluto is 2,280 kilometers wide, Charon is 1,212 kilometers wide).

    9. A day on Pluto is equivalent to Earth’s 6 days and 9 hours, meaning that it has the second slowest rotation in the Solar System (after Venus, which takes 243 days to turn on its axis).

    10. Pluto’s orbit is elliptical, meaning that it can come closer to the Sun than Neptune, but then go almost two billion kilometers further away from Neptune’s orbit.

    11. Pluto is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. When viewed through a telescope, it looks like a star.

    12. Pluto is cold: -233° C (-390° F), just 40° C (72° F) above absolute zero. At this temperature, all elements would be frozen except for neon, hydrogen, and helium.

    13. Pluto maximum distance from the Sun – 7.38 billion km (4.6 billion miles)

    14. Pluto’s minimum distance from Earth – 4.28 billion km (2.7 billion miles)

    15. In 2006, Pluto was declassified as a planet by the IAU (International Astronomical Union) and has classified Pluto as a dwarf planet.

    16. If you weigh 100 lbs, your weight on Pluto would be 7 lbs. (multiply your actual weight by .05)
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  117. pizza

    needs to put more info about Jupiter

  118. Mandy

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  120. luk(realy nick luk means deer in cantoness0

    wow i need this for a school project no help at all i’m in 6th grade i know all this stuff i don’t need a computer to tell me get more info like little known facts stuuff only nasa and a couple others know this was no help at all

  121. starcat

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  122. starcat

    and anway, look at the other stuff. its all pretty good you know? i think who ever made this site did a pretty good job here, and so what if there missing some stuff?

  123. morganne thomas

    I love this site, my teacher put this on her website for us i feel so proud lol!!!!

  124. trisha

    Ummmmmm what is the average wind speed?????????????!!!! :( madnesss. Not on any website

  125. idk my name

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  126. someone

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  131. jack

    I think venus is cool.

  132. tanaveia

    need more information and facts….. you people need to tell how jupiter looks

  133. tanaveia

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  134. molly

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  135. yasin

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  141. dj

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  142. bob2

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  144. Seriously?

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  146. iliketofartohaeyiliketofart

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  147. devmastax

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  148. deeplockkeeper

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  149. factsmark

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  150. EMMA

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  151. LUV

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  163. annika

    i have not read anything but the comments but so far sound prety good!!!I am doing a space report on jupiter and i need some information for my powerpoint presentation if you could give me some informaition about the rings of jupiter that would be very helpful thx.=)

  164. Babieegurrlll

    Hey “Ashely” .. you dont have any room to talk. Jupiter has 63 moons. ya “smart one”. You should know what your talking about before you speak. You made yourself sound really idiotic. Good job.(;

  165. Babieegurrlll

    And good website.(: Had to use it for a school project. Thanks!(:

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  175. stupid

    I’m the smartest one up here

  176. i hate you!

    jupiter is fat

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  179. A friend

    I hope I can get enough info on jupiter for my science project I hope I get an a + I’d be happy I hope you all enjoyed being on this website because I did

  180. leslie

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  181. sooohottygirl

    luv dis web soooo kewl

  182. Im not saying my name

    These people who are writing reviews are really mean. U helped me alot with your info, and Trust me-i needed it.

  183. Emily

    this website is so awesome :) who wants to have kids

  184. bradleigh jenkins ROCKS

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  185. abdiwali

    i never know Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system!

  186. abdiwali

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  187. abdiwali

    i like this website?

  188. lila

    This needs more info dude, but 4 me, I feel like it was great just seeing the facts and being able to get them quickly without reading a whole bunch of other junk….

  189. lila

    btw, this isnt the right time…somethings wrong with the clock…. this web said i put my comment on at 9:34 PM, but…its 4:36 PM right now…..

  190. crap

    This website is the worst pickle I is ever heared in my entire baloon. Stick that in your juice pouch and suck it.

  191. lynne

    i like this website but i already know this info

  192. hi

    so boring yawn. :o

  193. hi

    you people like planets yawn. :c

  194. bob

    jupiter is the awesomesss awesomesss planet in the solar system!im so excited to do this report on it.

  195. joey chavarillo

    JUPITER SUCKZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  196. kendra

    I love this website so much it helps me wit my science

  197. kendra ortiz

    Jupiter sucks

  198. keith

    this is cool

  199. tony

    this website sucks butt like all of you that is on this website

  200. neverland

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  202. This website is poo

    YOu REALLY need moe info, you guys really suck i tried to do a powerpoint useing your crap and I got a 1 out of 100, YOU GUYS SUCK!!!

  203. yessenia

    gosh peple those facts are just fine… i bet half of the things that were metions you guys didnlt know of. and if this website sucks why are looking info here… go to the big boy and big girl websites and read actual paragraphs and find out whatyou need. before stating something think. by the way im not an adult im a 13 year old and even at my age i recognize how ignorant you guys are.!!!! <3<3<3

  204. yessenia

    oppps misspelled mentioned my bad

  205. ractchbixxch

    this thing give good facts but it need a lil more just for kids who r trying to do a project or something cause im am trying to do a project and copy all the facts

  206. Sofia

    I already know all these things!!!

    it so needs more facts!!!

  207. Anne

    this site needs to write more information about it like how it influences the zodiac signs e.g sagittarius sign.

  208. nkensi

    this website is quite helpful but i thought there were 62 moons and any way LOL!!!

  209. the fabulous

    this website needs a ton more information on the plant honestly i dont need to know about the discovery i need to know about the planet itself. please try to update the information as soon as possible. Thanks

  210. Ben

    It’s a great website, but you can come up with more than 16 fun facts. I need more info!


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