◆ Jupiter  Jupiter is the 5th planet in the solar system, a gas giant. # ############### ##################### ######################### ########################### ############################# ############################### ############################### ################################# ############################### ############################### ############################# ########################### ######################### ##################### ############### #  Type Planet  Symbol ♃  Magnitude -1.8  Distance 6.23 AU, 52 light-minutes  Apparent size 32″   Physical  Radius 69,911 km, 11 Earths across  Mass 318 Earths  Density 1.33 g/cm3  Surface gravity 24.8 m/s2, 2.53x Earth's  Escape velocity 59.5 km/s  Day 9h 55m  Year 11.86 Earth years  Axial tilt 3.1 degrees  Albedo 0.52, reflects 52% of the light hitting it  Temperature 165 K, -108 C   History  Moons 95 confirmed  Discovered known since antiquity; its moons by Galileo, 1610  First visited Pioneer 10, 1973  Missions Pioneer, Voyager, Galileo, Juno, Europa Clipper  40.00,-83.00 Tue 25 Aug 06:21 · 12° up in the ENE · mag -1.8 · ↑ 05:10 ↓ 19:18 ⌃ 12:14  Next best sighting opportunity. Best in the next 12 months on 6 February 2027.  Not visible right now, the sky is still too bright.  Next chance: Tue 25 Aug at 06:21, 12° up in the ENE. Chart drawn for that moment.  70° · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·      60° · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·        50° · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·     ◆ Saturn  40° · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·      30° · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·      20° · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·     │   ── ◎ ── JUPITER ★ Sirius  10° · · · · │· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·      0°   ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────  N NE E SE S SW W NW N zenith 70-90° ∙∙∙∙N∙∙∙∙ ∙∙∙∙ ∙∙∙∙ ∙∙∙ ∙∙∙ ∙∙ ∙∙ ∙ ∙ E + W ∙ ∙ ∙∙ ∙∙ ∙∙∙ ∙∙∙ ∙∙∙∙ ∙∙∙∙ ∙∙∙∙S∙∙∙∙  Jupiter: 12° above the horizon in the ENE (bearing 77°).  Face ENE and look about one fist up — a closed fist at arm's length is about  10°.  Magnitude -1.8.  It is currently crossing Cancer.   It is 6.23 AU away, which is 52 light-minutes, so you are seeing it as it was 52 minutes ago.   It sits 20° from the Sun, so it is a morning object.   The disc is 32 arcseconds across.   Its four big moons tonight: Ganymede, Europa west and Callisto, Io east. Binoculars will show them, and  they will have moved by tomorrow night.   Best in the next 12 months: 2027-02-06, when it reaches 65° with 10.1 hours of darkness and the Moon 0%  lit.   Jupiter is also a place. For the sky above the town, use skymap.sh/Jupiter,Florida.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates