Amazing Space- Fast Facts: Jupiter

Age	About the same age as the Sun: 4.5 billion years
Location	Solar system
Avg. distance from the Sun	778,300,000 km (483,600,000 miles)
Diameter	143,000 km (88,850 miles)
Mass	1.900 x 10²⁷ kg
Orbital period around the Sun	11.86 Earth years (4330 Earth days)
Number of moons	Jupiter has more than 60 moons. Four are called Galilean moons, 12 are smaller, named moons, and the rest are small, recently-discovered moons.
Distinguishing features	Jupiter has an interesting feature called the Great Red Spot, a huge storm of swirling gas that has lasted for hundreds of years. Three Earths would fit within the boundaries of the Great Red Spot, which appears brownish-red. Ganymede, a Galilean moon, is the largest moon in our solar system (larger than even the planet Mercury), and is the first moon known to have its own magnetic field.