Jupiter

Jupiter

Diameter at equator--- 142800Ian. 

Means distance from Sun- 78.3 million km. 

Orbits Sun in --- 11.86 years. 

Rotates on axis in--- 9 hours 50 minutes 30 seconds. 

Number of satellites- 14. 

Mass-- 317.9 times that of Earth. 

Surface gravity---- 2.64 times that of Earth.

Alifye - The Solar System - Jupiter

It is the largest planet and is more massive than all the other planets combined. It is brighter in our skies than any other planet except Venus and occasionally Mars. It is yellowish ,in colour. The speed of its rotation round its axis, at the equator exceeds 25,,000 miles an hour. The internal structure of the Jupiter is very different from that of the Earth.