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Is Jupiter larger than the sun?

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Yes, the sun is larger than Jupiter. The sun's diameter is 864,938 miles and it is about 10 times larger than Jupiter.

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No, it's tiny compared to the sun. If the state of Jupiter is this, then what's the state of Earth?

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Is Jupiter bigger than sun?

Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar system, but it is not larger than the Sun. The Sun is about 10 times larger than Jupiter.


Is the sun about the same size as Jupiter?

No. The sun is much larger than Jupiter.


How much larger is the Sun than Jupiter?

The sun's radius is about 10 times that of Jupiter.


Is Jupiter the only outer planet larger than the sun?

No. Jupiter is the largest of the planets but it is still much smaller than the sun.


Is the orbit of Jupiter larger than the orbit of Earth?

Yes, Jupiter is about 5 times as far from the Sun.


How many times does Jupiter fit in the sun?

No, the Sun is about 10 times larger than Jupiter. About 1,000 Jupiters would fit in the Sun


Is ganymede twice as large as Jupiter?

No. If that were the case Ganymede would not be a moon of Jupiter. The only thing in the solar system larger than Jupiter is the sun. Jupiter is nearly 30 times larger in diameter than Ganymede.


Is Jupiter 318 times larger than the sun?

No, Jupiter is only about 1/1000 the mass of the sun. It is 318 times the mass of the Earth though.


Is Jupiter the largest planet in space apart from the sun?

No. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system (the sun is a star, not a planet), but not the largest in existence. Planets larger than Jupiter have been found orbiting stars other than the sun.


Is there a planet larger than Jupiter?

There is a planet larger than Jupiter


How does Jupiter take to orbit the sun?

It takes Jupiter just 3 earth days to orbit the sun. Even though Jupiter is many millions of kms farther away than earth from the sun, the suns gravitational pull on Jupiter is more massive as Jupiter is thousands of times larger than the earth.


Can an asteroid be bigger than Jupiter?

No. Asteroids are smaller than even the smallest planets. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. The only object in the solar system larger than Jupiter is the sun.