WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE GREAT DARK SPOT

Mass (kg)............................................ 1.90 x 10^27
Diameter............................................. 88,846 mi.(142,984 km.)
Mean density (kg/m^3) ............................... 1314
Escape velocity (m/sec).............................. 59,500

Distance from the sun ............................... Shortest- 460,200,000 mi.(740,600,000 km.)
                                                      Greatest- 507,000,000 mi.(816,000,000 km.)
                                                      Mean- 483,600,000 mi.(778,400,000 km.)
Rotation period (length of day in Earth hours)....... 9.8
Revolution period (length of year in Earth years).... 11.86

Obliquity (tilt of axis in degrees).................. 3.08
Orbit inclination (degrees).......................... 1.3
Orbit eccentricity (deviation from circular)......... 0.048

Mean surface temperature(Fahrenheit) ................ -250 F(cloud tops)
  					34,000 F or 19,000 C(beneath the clouds)

Visual geometric albedo (reflectivity)............... 0.44
Atmospheric components............................... 90% hydrogen,
                                                      10% helium, 
                                                      .07% methane
Rings................................................ Faint ring.
		      Infrared spectra imply dark rock fragments.

Number of Satellites ................................ 16

Interesting Facts about this Planet

• It takes 44 moon to equal Jupiter's width
• The Great Red Spot is a storm that lasts up to million years with speeds up to 225 miles (362 km)per hour
• The Great Red Spot measures about 25,000 miles(40,200 kilometers) long- more than three times the diameter of the earth-and about 20,000 miles(32,000 kilometers) wide.
• It takes 1000 earth's to fill up the volume of Jupiter
• Jupiter's average orbital speed is 8 miles per second(13 kilometers per second)
• Jupiter has 1 ring
• Jupiter spins faster than any planet
• Jupiter's surface cannot be seen from the earth because of the layers of dense clouds that surround the planet
• Galileo, the space probe just visited Jupiter in 1995 finding new information launched in 1989
• Jupiter's amotsphere contains hydrogen, helium, methane, ammonia, carbon monoxide, ethane, acetylene, phosphine, and water vapor