Jupiter


Vital Statistics

Radius, equatorial71,492 km
Radius, polar66,854 km
Surface area6.25x1010 km2
Mass1.899x1027 kg
Density1.33 g/cm3
Local gravity24.8 m/s2
Escape velocity60 km/s
Albedo0.34
Atmospheric temperature
(0.5 bar)
125 K
Length of year11.86 yr
Length of day9 h 55 min
Distance from the Sun5.2 AU

Consolmagno, Guy J. and Martha W. Schaefer (1994) World's Apart: A Textbook in Planetary Sciences.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.