How long is a day and a year on Jupiter?
Having the fastest rotation in the entire solar system, a day in Jupiter consists of only 9.9 hours. Due to its fast spinning feature, it is flattened at the poles and bulged at the equator. But here’s the interesting fact about Jupiter: not all parts of Jupiter complete rotating in the same amount of time. For example, the parts near Jupiter’s poles take 9 hours and 56 minutes, whereas the parts near its equator take 9 hours 50 minutes. Even though Jupiter’s rotation is faster than any other planet, its revolution around the Sun is slow. This is because it is situated far away from the Sun (average of 470 million miles) and as a result takes 11.86 Earth years to complete one revolution. Jupiter follows an elliptical path around the Sun and at its closest point is only 741 million km from the Sun, whereas at its farthest point is 817 million km. Can human beings live on Jupiter? First and foremost, if at all we get a spacecraft and head for Jupiter, when we land on Jupiter we won’t fin
