Some facts about Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet outward from the sun and the largest planet in the Solar System.

Mean distance from the sun: 5.2 Astronomical units (Earth is 1 AU from the sun). That is 778,000,000 km (483,000,000 miles).

Mean orbital velocity: 13.1 km/s (8.1 miles/s).

Orbital Period (Sidereal): 11.86 years.

Equatorial diameter: 11.19 times earth. That is 143,000 km (88,700 miles).

Rotation period: 9 hrs 50 min.

Mass: 318 earths.

Density: 1.33 g/cm^3.

Surface gravity (earth=1): 2.64