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Jupiter

The largest planet in the solar system/Planets

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in our solar system, more than twice as massive as all other planets combined. Its Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth that has raged for centuries. Jupiter has at least 95 known moons, including the four large Galilean moons.

Measurements

Equatorial diameter143 million m
3.57Earth circumferences
572 millionWrench lengths
3,389Marathon distances
Mass1.9 octillion kg
6.1 octillionSneakers
237 sextillionYachts
Mean orbital speed13,070 m/s
157Bullet trains
1.17Earth escape velocities
Cloud-top temperature165 K
1.2 nonillionthsPlanck temperatures
5.8 tenthsBeer cellar temps

At 1 bar pressure level

Sidereal day length35,730 s
101Bohemian Rhapsodies
35,730Mississippis

About 9 hours 55 minutes, fastest spin in the solar system

Mean distance from the Sun779 billion m
51.1 billionShuffleboard courts
15.6 quadrillionPlant cells
Volume1.4 septillion m³
35.8 septillionKitchen sinks
2.9 septillionRefrigerator interiors
275 octillionGumballs
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