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Planet Profile Jupiter

Mass (kg)....................................................................1.90 x 10^27
Diameter (km).....................................................................142,800
Mean density (kg/m^3) .........................................................1314
Escape velocity (m/sec).....................................................59500
Average distance from Sun (AU)......................................5.203
Rotation period (length of day in Earth hours)..................9.8
Revolution period (length of year) (in Earth years)......11.86
Obliquity (tilt of axis) (degrees)............................................3.08
Orbit inclination (degrees)......................................................1.3
Orbit eccentricity...................................................................0.048
Mean surface temperature (K)......................120 (cloud tops)
Visual geometric albedo......................................................0.44

Atmospheric components...............................90% hydrogen, 10% helium, .07% methane
Rings................................................Faint ring. Infrared spectra imply dark rock fragments.