what is the diameter of jupiter

what is the diameter of jupiter

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Jupiter has a diameter of about 142,984 kilometers at its equator. However, since it rotates very quickly, completing a full rotation in just 10 hours, it is an oblate spheroid and bulges at the equator. If you measure the diameter through the poles, it is 9,276 kilometers smaller at 133,708 kilometers. To put this into perspective, Jupiter is more than 11 times the diameter of Earth.

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