3. Mass: 1,898,130,000,000,000,000 billion kg (317.83 x Earth) Equatorial Diameter: 142,984 km Polar Diameter: 133,709 km Equatorial Circumference: 439,264 km

4. Jupiter had 67 confirmed moons They are separated in three groups 1.Inner moons called the Amalthea 2.Galilean moons – largest of the Jupiter's moons; Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Calisto 3.Outer moons- smaller and farther away

5. Jupiter has the shortest days of the 8 planets It rotates quickly around its axis every 9 hours and 55 minutes Because of the fast rotation Jupiter looks almost flat One orbit around the Sun takes Jupiter 11.86 Earth years

6. It is the 4 th brightest object in the Solar System, it can be seen by the naked eye on earth 8 space crafts have visited Jupiter so far

8. Jupiter has rings composed if dust particles ejected from impacts from comets and asteroids They are between 2,00 and 12,500 kilometers thick