QUICK FACTS ABOUT JUPITER How far it is from the sun: an average distance of 484 million miles (779 million km) How big it is: 86,900 miles across (139,900 km), or 11 times wider than Earth ...

Jupiter is by far the largest planet in our solar system. The huge ball of hydrogen and helium circling the sun is about 88,000 miles wide, meaning more than 1,300 Earths could fit inside it.

Income and poverty in Jupiter The Jupiter Lighthouse in Jupiter on November 18, 2019. Half of Jupiter's households earn at least $105,413, much higher than Florida's median of $69,303.

Jupiter has 53 named moons and another 26 awaiting official names, according to NASA. Among them are the four Galilean moons—Io, Europa, Gany- mede, and Callisto—grouped at approximately equal ...

Two Pioneer spacecraft (Pioneers 10 and 11) sailed by Jupiter in 1973 and are still cruising out into the solar system, albeit silently; NASA lost contact with Pioneer 10 in 2003 and Pioneer 11 in ...

Jupiter has 79 moons (53 have officially been named by NASA); four of which—Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Calisto—are of particular interest to the agency.

Learn about Jupiter’s weird inner moon Amalthea. It was not only the fifth Jovian satellite to be discovered, but it’s also the fifth-largest.