Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, a gas giant made up mainly of hydrogen. It is huge. If all the planets in the solar system were combined, Jupiter would still weigh more than twice as much. More than 1,300 earth sized planet could fit into Jupiter.

 As seen from space, Earth color scheme comes from its land, oceans, and white clouds. Jupiter is painted in oranges by the exotic chemicals in its atmosphere.

 JUPITER TAKES 12 YEARS TO ORBIT AROUND THE SUN.

 Despite its size, Jupiter spins faster than any other planet. In fact, one rotation takes just under 10 hours. It spins so fast that it bulges slightly at the equator, and its are pulled into thick bands.

Orbit and Rotation

Jupiter has the shortest day in the solar system. One day on Jupiter takes only about 10 hours (the time it takes for Jupiter to rotate or spin around once), and Jupiter makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Jovian time) in about 12 Earth years (4,333 Earth days).
Its equator is tilted with respect to its orbital path around the Sun by just 3 degrees. This means Jupiter spins nearly upright and does not have seasons as extreme as other planets do.

Size and Distance

With a radius of 43,440.7 miles (69,911 kilometers), Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth. If Earth were the size of a nickel, Jupiter would be about as big as a basketball.
From an average distance of 484 million miles (778 million kilometers), Jupiter is 5.2 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth. From this distance, it takes Sunlight 43 minutes to travel from the Sun to Jupiter.