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	Jupiter	Earth
Discovered By	Known by the Ancients	Known by the Ancients
Date of Discovery	Unknown	Unknown
Average Orbit Distance	778,412,020 km	149,597,890 km
Perihelion (closest)	740,742,600 km	147,100,000 km
Aphelion (farthest)	816,081,400 km	152,100,000 km
Equatorial Radius	71,492 km	6,378.14 km
Equatorial Circumference	449,197 km	40,075 km
Volume	1,425,500,000,000,000 km3	1,083,200,000,000 km3
Mass	1,898,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg	5,973,700,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Density	1.33 g/cm3	5.515 g/cm3
Surface Area	62,179,600,000 km2	510,065,700 km2
Equatorial Surface Gravity	20.87 m/s2	9.766 m/s2
Escape Velocity	214,300 km/h	40,248 km/h
Rotation Period (Length of Day)	0.41354 sidereal days	0.99726968 sidereal days
Orbit Period (Length of Year)	11.8565 sidereal years	1.0000174 sidereal years
Mean Orbit Velocity	47,051 km/h	107,229 km/h
Orbit Eccentricity	.04839	0.01671022
Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic	1.305 degrees	0.00005 degrees
Equatorial Inclination to Orbit	3.12 degrees	23.45 degrees
Orbital Circumference	4,774,000,000 km	924,375,700 km
Atmospheric Constituents	Hydrogen, Helium	Nitrogen, Oxygen

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