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Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system is a delight to look at even in a small telescope.
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Jupiter Statistics
Length of Year: 4,332.6 Earth days 11.862 x Earth's
Length of Day 58.65 Earth days 0.415 x Earths
Diameter 142,984(km) 11.209 x Earths
Mass 1.900e+27 (kg) 317.83 x Earths
Orbit 778,330,000 km 5.20 AU
Mean Orbital Velocity 13.07 km/s 0.439 x Earth's
Average Day temperature -121° C
Average Night temperature -163° C
Moons 63 - 16 major moons and many smaller
Atmosphere 89.8% Hydrogen, and 10.2% Helium
Tilt of Axis 3.13°
 
 
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