♃ Outer Solar System
Jupiter
A world of gas and fury. Eleven Earths wide.
Jupiter does not play by the same rules as the inner planets. It is a world of gas and fury — eleven Earths wide, more than twice the mass of all other planets combined. The Great Red Spot is a storm that has raged for at least 350 years. Its magnetosphere extends millions of kilometres into space. It has at least 95 moons. It is less a planet and more a small, failed star that never quite made it.
"A small, failed star that never quite made it."
Key Data
Distance from Sun
Mass
Day Length
Confirmed Moons
Great Red Spot
Orbital Speed
Diameter
Peak Wind Speed
One Remarkable Thing
Jupiter's moon Ganymede is larger than the planet Mercury. It has its own magnetic field. If it orbited the Sun instead of Jupiter, we would call it a planet without hesitation.
Scale Relative to Earth
Jupiter's diameter is 139,820 km — 11.2 times Earth's. Its volume could contain 1,321 Earths. The scale above is proportionally accurate.