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Average distance to the Sun : 778 million km
Diameter at the equator : 142 800 km
Volume : 1316 times the one of the Earth
Mass : 318 times the one of the Earth
Gravity : 2.5 times the one of the Earth
Composition of the atmosphere : Hydrogen, Helium
Moons : 14 including 4 bigs : Io, Europe, Ganymede, Callisto
Rotation time : 9 h 50 min
Revolution time : almost 12 years

	Close-up on Jupiter Picture taken during the 22nd/23rd night of July 96 at Draveil (suburb of Paris), France. Exposure of 1 second on a 1000 ISO film by occular projection on a C5 telescope (Diam 125mm)
	Jupiter and his satellites Picture taken during the 22nd/23rd night of July 96 at Draveil (suburb of Paris), France. Exposure of 1 second on a 1000 ISO film in the focus of a C5 telescope (Diam 125mm)
	Jupiter Picture taken the 13th of March 2004 at Draveil (suburb of Paris), France with a toUcam Pro2 webcam and a C5 telescope (Diam 125mm)
	Jupiter with a CCD camera and a 8" telescope in Morocco Picture taken the 28th March 2005 at the Hotel "Porte au Sahara", Dunes de Tinfou, Maroc with a Meade LPI CCD camera and a LX200GPS Meade telescope (Diam 8" : 203mm) The shadow of one satellite can be seen at the right of jupiter.

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