ABSTRACT
Jupiter is by far the most massive of the planets, having about two-and-a-half times as much mass as all the other planets combined. It has a density similar to that of the Sun, with about one-tenth of the radius and one-thousandth of the mass of the central body. Its visual albedo is 0.52, which makes it one of the brightest objects seen from Earth, except for Venus and Mars when they are closest to the Earth.
