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  Bgcolour #FFC8A0
  Name Jupiter
  Caption This processed color image of Jupiter was produced in 1990 by the US Geological Survey from a Voyager image captured in 1979 The colors have been enhanced to bring out detail
  Orbit Ref {{cite web
  Last Yeomans first = Donald K date = 2006-07-13
  Url http://ssdjplnasagov/horizons
  Title HORIZONS System publisher = NASA JPL


  Epoch J2000
  Aphelion 816,520,751&nbsp Km <br />5458 104 10 AU
  Perihelion 740,573,646&nbspkm <br />4950 429 06 AU
  Semimajor 778,547,199&nbspkm<br />5204&nbsp266 58&nbspAU
  Semiminor 777,620,569&nbspkm<br />5198&nbsp072 44 AU
  Eccentricity 0048&nbsp774&nbsp888
  Inclination 1304&nbsp626°<br />(609° to Sun 's equator)
  Asc Node 100491&nbsp580°
  Arg Peri 275066&nbsp051°
  Mean Anomaly 18818 473°
  Orbital Circ 4832&nbspkm <br />32297&nbspAU
  Orbital Area 1902&nbspkm&2<br />84987&nbspAU&2
  Sidereal Period 4,33450&nbsp Day s<br />(11862&nbsp615&nbsp Yr ){{cite book
  Editor K P Seidelmann
  Year 1992
  Title Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac
  Publisher University Science Books
  Location Mill Valley, California
  Url http://aausnonavymil/publications/docs/NewEShtm
  Accessdate 2007-08-08


  Synodic Period 39888&nbspdays1
  Avg Speed 1307&nbspkm/s
  Max Speed 1372&nbspkm/s
  Min Speed 1244&nbspkm/s
  Satellites 63
  Physical Characteristics yes
  Oblateness 0064&nbsp87
  Equatorial Radius 71,492±4&nbspkm{{cite journal
  Last Seidelmann first= P Kenneth
  Coauthors Archinal, B A A’hearn, M F etal
  Title Report of the IAU/IAGWorking Group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements: 2006
  Journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
  Volume 90 pages=155–180 year=2007
  Doi 101007/s10569-007-9072-y
  Url http://adsabsharvardedu/doi/101007/s10569-007-9072-y


  Polar Radius 66,854±10&nbspkm <br />(10517&nbspEarths)
  Surface Area 621796×10<sup>10</sup>&nbsp Km&2 NASA: Solar System Exploration: Planets: Jupiter: Facts & Figures <br />(1219 Earths)
  Volume 143128×10<sup>15</sup>&nbsp Km³ <br />(13213&nbspEarths)
  Mass 1898&nbsp6×10<sup>27</sup>&nbsp Kg <br />(3178&nbspEarths)
  Density 1326&nbspg/cm³
  Surface Grav 2479&nbsp M/s&2 <br />(2358 G )
  Escape Velocity 595&nbspkm/s
  Sidereal Day 9925&nbsph{{cite web
  Author Seidelmann, P K Abalakin, V K Bursa, M Davies, M E de Burgh, C Lieske, J H Oberst, J Simon, J L Standish, E M Stooke, P Thomas, P C
  Year 2001 url = http://wwwhnskyorg/iau-iaghtm
  Title Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites: 2000
  Publisher HNSKY Planetarium Program


  Rot Velocity 126&nbspkm/s = 45,300&nbspkm/h
  Axial Tilt 313°
  Right Asc North Pole 268057° (17&nbsph 52&nbspmin 14&nbsps)
  Declination 64496°
  Albedo 0343 ( Bond )<br/>
  Adjectives Jovian
  Temperatures yes
  Temp Name1 1 bar level
  Mean Temp 1 165&nbsp K
  Temp Name2 01 bar
  Mean Temp 2 112&nbspK
  Atmosphere yes
  Surface Pressure 20&ndash200&nbsp KPa {{cite journal
  Author Anonymous title=Probe Nephelometer
  Journal Galileo Messenger publisher=NASA/JPL
  Date March 1983 issue=6
  Url http://www2jplnasagov/galileo/messenger/oldmess/2Probehtml


  Scale Height 27 km




Jupiter ( from the Sun and the Largest planet within the Solar System . It is two and a half times as massive as all of the other planets in our solar system combined. Jupiter, along with Saturn , Uranus and Neptune , is classified as a Gas Giant . Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the ''' Jovian Planet s''', where ''Jovian'' is the Adjectival form of Jupiter.

  {{cite Web Date September 20 , 2004