JUPITER – Planets in our solar system (5 of 9)
Distance from sun – 484 million miles
Distance from earth – 365 million miles (at the closet point)
Moons – 67
Diameter – 87,000 miles (10.9 times bigger than the earth)
Year (one orbit around the sun) – 12 years
Greek name – Zeus
Roman name – Jupiter
Mythology – Jupiter is the god of sky and thunder and king of the gods in Ancient Roman religion and mythology.