• Question: how big is jupiter

    Asked by 596thaf37 to David, Dan, Christie, Dawn, Sian on 20 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by faboolass.
    • Photo: David Robertson

      David Robertson answered on 20 Jun 2016:

      Jupiter is about 300 times the mass of the Earth, and has a diameter of 143,000km, roughly 11 times that of the Earth. This means that the earth is actually much denser than Jupiter. If you put the earth on the surface of Jupiter it would sink into the centre.

    • Photo: Sian Thomas

      Sian Thomas answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      Good answer David. Thanks ?

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