Jupiter Facts and Figures - Facts and Figures

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Jupiter Facts and Figures

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Equatorial radius

71,490 km

Equatorial inclination

3.13°

Mass

1.90×10²⁷ kg

Average density

1.3 g/cm³

Rotational period

0.414 days

Orbital period

11.86 years

Average distance from the Sun

778.4 million km

Perihelion

740.3 million km

Aphelion

816.4 million km

Orbital eccentricity

0.0489

Orbital inclination

1.30°

Moons

Jupiter and its Moons

Source

Data are from the U.S. Naval Observatory's annual Astronomical Almanac and various other publications.