General information
Jupiter,is the largest planet in the solar system. it is the 5. planet away from the sun. Jupiter is a 'Gas giant' ( gas giant= a planet that is made of rock and solid matters, and has a mass over 10 earth masses) . Because it is a 'gas giant' it is 1 of the 4 Jovian (Jovian is the name of the 4 Gas planets in our Solar system) planets. It takes Jupiter 4332.59 years to orbit the sun, this is a very very long time, but it only takes 10 hours for one rotation around itself. Jupiter orbits the sun outside of the asteroid belt.
The size of Jupiter is unimaginable ! it is the largest planet in our solar system, and that for a good reason ! Jupiter is approximately 1300 times as big as earth. The mass is 317 times more then earth and the volume is 1318 times more than planet earth. Could you imagine that ?
It is 777 million kilomiters away from the sun and the temperature on Jupiter is -153 c. Thick, colorful clouds of deadly poisonous gases surround Jupiter. The fast spinning of the planet curls up the atmosphere, creating the bands around the planet. Jupiter has many storms ranging on the surface, one of them is the big red spot. The big red spot is the largest huricane in our solar system, as far as we know it has been raging for over 7 centuries .No human would survive under these harsh consequences.
A picture of Jupiter
This is a picture of Jupiter compared to earth
This is a picture that shows the inside of Jupiter. There are 4 layers, the core