JUPITER
Planets
The fifth planet from the Sun and the biggest in the Solar System
- Larger than all the other eight planets put together
- The largest system of moons of any planet
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Orbit: 778,330,000 km (5.20 AU) from Sun
Diameter: 142,984 km (equatorial)
Mass: 1.900e27 kg
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NUMBER OF MOONS - 39+
MAIN MOONS: Io,Europa,Ganymede,Callisto
Io - Io is the closest to Jupiter of its four main moons.
Europa - Europa is one of the four main moons that orbit the planet Jupiter.
Ganymede - The third and largest of Jupiter's main moons.
Callisto - The furthest from Jupiter of its main moons.
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