• Rotation & Size Comparison Between Earth and Jupiter • Composite of Earth and Jupiter showing relative rotation speeds and sizes This animation illustrates the difference in the rotational period between the Earth and Jupiter. Earth rotates once in 24 hours; whereas, Jupiter rotates more quickly, taking only about 10 hours. This means that Jupiter rotates about 2 1/2 times faster than the Earth. However, Jupiter is about 11 times bigger than the Earth, so matter near the outer 'surface' of Jup

Jupiters orbit is at its closest point to Earth. #Jupiter is closer to earth than at anytime during the last 60 years - a great opportunity to view the largest planet in the solar system! | Amazing SPACE

Jupiter: Moons Orbits JAN, 08, 2018 This visualization shows jupiter and 63 of its moons. We start close in to Jupiter showing relativly fast moving inner moons that are generally in the same orbital plane including the so called 'Galilean moons': Europa, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto. Other inner moons are: Amalthea, Thebe, Adrastea, and Metis. These inner moons orbit Jupiter as fast as about every 7 hours to about every 17 days. These moons are also relativly close to Jupiter: from around 100 tho