Jupiter

It is an easy walk to the model of Jupiter from the model of Mars. Look at the map for the route. It isn't possible to use a car and it is a 200m walk from the nearest road. The model of Jupiter is on the eastern slope of Talinhuippu and the foliage there tends to obscure the Sun which is 817m away.

Jupiter
The model of Jupiter is 14.3cm in diameter and is the largest of the planets.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is clearly the largest planet in the solar system. Its mass is about 2.5 times greater than all the other planets combined. Jupiter's mass is about 1/1000th of the Sun's mass. Jupiter's diameter is 142,800km (14.3cm in the model). Its average distance from the Sun is 778 million km (817m in the model). Jupiter revolves around the Sun once every 11.9 years. There are about 20 known moons.

Read more about Jupiter and its many moons on the Nine Planets Jupiter page.