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Bookmark or Share- In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System ExplorationOur solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
- Planet Compare – NASA Solar System ExplorationPlanet Compare. NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
- In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System ExplorationJupiter's menagerie of moons includes the largest in the solar system (Ganymede), an ocean moon (Europa) and a volcanic moon (Io). Many of Jupiter's outer moons have highly elliptical orbits and orbit backwards (opposite to the spin of the planet).
- 10 Need-to-Know Things About Jupiter - NASA Solar System ExplorationJupiter orbits about 484 million miles (778 million kilometers) or 5.2 Astronomical Units (AU) from our Sun (Earth is one AU from the Sun).
- Jupiter By the Numbers – NASA Solar System ExplorationJupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and the largest in the solar system – more than twice as massive as the other planets combined.
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