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Jupiter
Photograph of Jupiter taken by Voyager 1 on February 1, 1979, at a range of 32.7 million km (20.3 million miles). Prominent are the planet's pastel-shaded cloud bands and Great Red Spot (lower centre).
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, dwarfing Earth in both size and mass:
- Diameter: Jupiter’s equatorial diameter is approximately 143,000 kilometers (88,900 miles), which is more than 11 times that of Earth.12
- Mass: Jupiter is significantly more massive, with a mass about 318 times that of Earth.12
The planet's volume and mass are so immense that it could contain all the other planets in the solar system combined. Despite its size, Jupiter is much less dense than Earth, with a mean density not much greater than that of water.132