Jupiter radius

Jupiter radius (RJ or RJup) is the unit of radius equal to the total radius of the planet Jupiter (71,492 km (44,423 mi), 11.2 Earth mass;[1] one Earth radius equals 0.08921 Jupiter radius). Jupiter radius is used to mainly describe the radii and extrasolar planets. It is also used in describing brown dwarfs.

One Jupiter radius can be converted to related units:

In comparison, one Solar radius is equivalent to:

References

  1. 1 2 Williams, Dr. David R. (2 November 2007). "Jupiter Fact Sheet". NASA. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
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