planet · the Solar System
Jupiter
The largest planet, a banded hydrogen giant with the centuries-old Great Red Spot storm.
- Type
- Planet
- Orbits
- the Sun
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 139,822 km
About Jupiter
- Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
- The Great Red Spot is a storm wider than Earth.
- NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting it since 2016.
Visit Jupiter in VR
In IKAREE, Jupiter is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Jupiter. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Jupiter, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Jupiter.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
