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Jupiter, the largest planet, is also the fastest spinning major planet! Its day is less than 10 Earth-hours long! (1.6.x) (1.4.1)

Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun (1.6.x) (1.4.1), is the first of the Gas Giants and is more than twice as massive as all of the other planets combined!

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JUPITER

Equatorial Radius: 71,492 km
Equatorial Radius (Earth = 1): 11.209
Rotational Flattening: 0.06487
Mass (Earth = 1): 317.83
Volume (Earth = 1): 1,321.33
Mean Density (Water = 1): 1.31
"Surface" Gravity (Earth = 1): 2.530
Inclination of Axis to Orbit: 3.13°
Rotation Period:**
Synodic ("Day" in Earth hours): 9.9259
Sidereal (in Earth hours): 9.9250
Albedo (geometric): 0.52
Number of Moons: at least 63 (more suspected)
Ring System: Yes

Classifications:
Outer Planet (along with Saturn, Uranus & Neptune)
Gas Giant (mostly hydrogen and helium)
Superior Planet (has larger orbit than Earth)

Orbit: (1.6.x) (1.4.1)
Period: 11.86 Earth years
Distance from Sun:
Mean (Earth = 1 AU): 5.204 AU
Mean: 778,570,000 km
Perihelion: 740,520,000 km
Aphelion: 816,620,000 km
Velocity:
Mean: 47,052 km/hr
Min: 44,784 km/hr
Max: 49,392 km/hr
Eccentricity: 0.0489
Inclination to Ecliptic: 1.304°

*Earth mean solar day = 24.0000 hours (24h00m00s)
Earth sidereal day = 23.9345 hr (23h56m4.1s)

**Different latitudes on the Gas Giants rotate at different speeds

Information Source: NASA Fact Sheets