The Giant Planet - ' Jupiter'

• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.

• Jupiter takes 11.86 earth years to complete on orbit.

• Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is 142,800 km.

• The weight of Jupiter is 2 times the total weight of all the other planets of the solar system taken together.

• Jupiter is so big that 13,000 Earths could fit in within its diameter.

• Despite its massive size, Jupiter is 318 times heavier than earth because of its density.

• Due to its greater mass, Jupiter’s gravitational pull is 2.65 times that of the earth.

• A day on Jupiter is just 9 hours and 50 minutes long, making it the shortest day in the solar system.

• Compared to year of 365 days on the Earth, a year on Jupiter lasts almost 10,400 days.

• Jupiter’s magnetic field is almost 20,000 times stronger than the Earth.

• 32 of Jupiter’s 40 moons are less than 50 km across.

• No spacecraft can ever land on the Jupiter because this planet has no solid surface.