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About this Object
Object Name:
 Jupiter
Object Description:
 Planet 
Distance:
 The semi-major axis of Jupiter's orbit about the Sun is 5.2 astronomical units (483 million miles or 778 million km).
Dimensions:
 The planet has a diameter of roughly 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at the equator.
About the Data
Data Description:
 The image was created from Hubble data from the following proposal:
13631 PI: A. Simon (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), G. Orton (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), J. Rogers (University of Cambridge, UK), and M. Wong and I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley).
Instrument:
 WFC3/UVIS
Exposure Dates:
 April 21, 2014
Filters:
 395nm, 502nm, and 631nm
About this Image
Credit:
 NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)
Release Date:
 October 28, 2014
Orientation/Scale: