Comparison of Jupiter and the Earth

A Comparison of Jupiter and the Earth.

This image shows the relative sizes of Jupiter and Earth.
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Image courtesy NASA.

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter is much larger than Earth, as shown in the picture. Jupiter is a gas giant planet made mostly of hydrogen. The table below provides a comparison of characteristics of Jupiter relative to Earth values.

Characteristic	Relative to Earth (Earth = 1)	Absolute Value
Mass	318	1.8986 x 10²⁷ kg
Radius	11.2	71,492 km (44,423 miles)
Mean Density	0.240	1.33 g/cm³
Rotation Period	0.415	9 hours 56 min.
Mean Orbital Distance	5.204 AU	778 x 10⁶ km (483 x 10⁶ miles)
Orbital Period	11.9 Earth years	-----
Orbital eccentricity	2.928	0.489
Inclination to ecliptic	-----	1.304°
Atmospheric Temperature	-----	-148° C to >200° C (-234° F to >392° F)

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A Comparison of Jupiter and the Earth.

This image shows the relative sizes of Jupiter and Earth. Click on image for full size version (44K GIF) Image courtesy NASA.

This image shows the relative sizes of Jupiter and Earth.
Click on image for full size version (44K GIF)
Image courtesy NASA.