Distance from the Sun: 475 million miles

Length of the day: 9 hours 56 minutes

Orbits around the Sun: 12 Earth years

Radius: 43,441 miles

Ring radius: 80,000 miles

Largest moons: Io,Europa,Ganymede,Calisto

Number of moons:95

          Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly less than one-thousandth the mass of the Sun. Its diameter is eleven times that of Earth and a tenth that of Earth

           Jupiter is a world of extremes. It's the largest planet in our solar system – if it were a hollow shell, 1,000 Earths could fit inside. It's also the oldest planet, forming from the dust and gases left over from the Sun's formation 4.6 billion years ago. Jupiter Is Home to a 350-Year-Old Storm called the Red Spot .