Planets of the Universe

Planets

Jupiter

Photo of Jupiter
Discoverer:
Galileo Galilei
Discovered:
1610
Orbital Period:
11.8 years
Mean Radius:
69911 km
Axial Tilt:

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth of that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined.