It is the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter.
View moreLike Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, it is a "gas giant".
View moreThe largest moon is Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.
View moreJupiter is the largest and biggest planet in the Solar System with a diameter of 142,984 km.
View moreJupiter is classified as a gas giant, both because it is so large and due to the fact that it is made up mostly of gas.
View moreThe volume of Jupiter is 1,317 times the volume of Earth, in other words, 1,317 Earth sized objects could fit inside it.
View moreJupiter can be seen with the naked eye.
View moreIt was known to the ancient Romans, who named it after their god Jupiter, for causing lightning strikes on Earth.
View moreJupiter is the third brightest object in the night sky.
View moreJupiter has at least 67 moons.
View moreThe four largest moons of Jupiter are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
View moreJupiter has a mass of about 318 Earths.
View moreJupiter is twice as massive as all the other planets in the Solar System put together.
View moreSurrounding Jupiter is a faint planetary ring system and a powerful magnetosphere.
View moreJupiter moving out of the inner Solar System would have allowed the formation of inner planets, including Earth.
View moreJupiter shrinks by about 2 Cm each year.
View moreWhen it was first formed, Jupiter was much hotter and was about twice its current diameter.
View moreJupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System.
View moreJupiter is the largest planet and has a big red spot, which is a giant storm.
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