Your Age on Planet Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and largest planet of the solar system. Like Saturn, Jupiter is a gas giant, so it does not have a solid surface. As the terrestrial planets are called terrestrial planets, gas giants are also called Jovian planets.

Jupiter's mass is 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the solar system put together. The mass is relatively so large that the centers of mass of the Sun and Jupiter around which they orbit are located outside the surface of the Sun at 1,068 times the distance from the core to the surface. Although the diameter of the gas giant is 11 times that of the Earth, Jupiter has a much lower density. The volume of Jupiter is about 1321 times that of Earth and yet the planet is "only" 318 times as massive. Jupiter's diameter is about ten times smaller than that of the Sun. Jupiter's mass is about 0.1% that of the Sun. The planet has the strongest magnetic field of all the planets in the solar system: it is about 14 times stronger than that on Earth. The strength of the field on Jupiter is caused by the presence of metallic hydrogen in the core.

The rocky core of Jupiter has a diameter of 14,000 km, consists partly of nickel-iron (a mixture of about 90% iron and about 8% nickel) and partly of rock and has a temperature of 25,000 K. Surrounding it is an approximately 40,000 km thick layer of metallic hydrogen (90%) and helium (10%). A relatively thin transition layer separates this layer from the outer layer of liquid molecular hydrogen, which has a thickness of 20,000 km, with increasing temperature and pressure towards the inside. In addition to hydrogen and helium, methane, ethane and carbon dioxide are also present in lower concentrations.

Normally, planets absorb light from the sun and radiate back into space as much energy as heat. Infrared measurements, however, indicate that Jupiter emits twice as much energy as it absorbs. This extra energy is believed to be a remnant from the time of Jupiter's formation and is stored in the core. Another possible explanation for this phenomenon is the slow compaction of Jupiter under the influence of gravity, accompanied by the radiation of heat.

Since Jupiter has no solid surface, the boundary with the atmosphere is not easy to indicate. Usually the height at which the pressure is 1 bar is taken as the reference point. Jupiter's atmosphere is about 3,000 km thick and consists of gas. It blows throughout the atmosphere, so up to 3,000 km deep. The part within it rotates as a whole. Jupiter's atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen and helium. Other gases found are methane, ammonia, hydrogen deuteride, ethane, and water vapor. Phosphine, hydrogen sulfide and ammonium hydrogen sulfide occur only sporadically. These gases provide the red, brown and white clouds. The density and low temperature make Jupiter's atmosphere behave more like a liquid than a gas. The many storms in the atmosphere are thought to be caused by the high temperature in the planet's core and its rapid rotation.

One of Jupiter's most notable quirks is the great red spot just south of the equator. This stain is caused by an anti-cyclone that has been raging for at least 300 years. The red spot is three times the size of the Earth. Since the first sightings in the early 18th century, the spot has decreased in size. Despite this, the big red spot devoured the small red spot by getting too close to the big red spot. At the end of February 2006 a new red spot was discovered. This spot was created by the fusion of 3 existing oval white spots between 1998 and 2000. This small spot, like the large red spot, protrudes above the upper cloud cover. The spot did not do this when it was formed, so it was only discovered later. It is still growing.

Jupiter has at least 79 moons. 58 of these are less than 10 km in diameter and were only discovered after 1975.

Jupiter fulfills an important function within the solar system. Because it is more massive than all the other planets combined, it is an important component of the mass equilibrium of the solar system. Its mass stabilizes the asteroid belt. Without Jupiter, an asteroid from the asteroid belt would hit Earth every 100,000 years on average, and this would severely hamper, if not impossible, life on Earth. Objects other than comets are also captured by Jupiter. It is therefore currently thought that the presence of a Jupiter-like planet in a planetary system could be a precondition for the development of life in such a system.

Do you want to know what would be your age if you were born on Jupiter? So just select your birthdate in the above form and click on the calculate button and this tool will calculate and tell you how many revolutions Jupiter has made on the Sun and its axis since your birthday. That is, how old are you on Jupiter in years, months and days, along with this this calculator will also give the date of your next birthday on Jupiter.

Jupiter orbit around the Sun takes 4,332.59 Earth days. For easy understanding we have written some years in the table below and it has been converted to how many years on Jupiter if you are x years old on Earth.