Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in

the Solar System. It is a giant planet with a mass one-

thousandth that of the Sun, but two-and-a-half times that of
all the other planets in the Solar System combined. Jupiter
and Saturn are gas giants; the other two giant
planets, Uranus and Neptune, are ice giants. Jupiter has
been known to astronomers since antiquity.[17] It is named
after the Roman god Jupiter.[18]

When viewed from Earth, Jupiter can reach an apparent

magnitude of −2.94, bright enough for its reflected light to
cast shadows,[19] and making it on average the third-
brightest natural object in the night sky after
the Moon and Venus. Jupiter's upper atmosphere is about
88–92% hydrogen and 8–12% helium by percent volume of
gas molecules

Jupiter's mass is 2.5 times that of all the other planets in

the Solar System combined—this is so massive that
its barycenter with the Sun lies above the Sun's surface at
1.068 solar radiifrom the Sun's center.[33] Jupiter is much
larger than Earth and considerably less dense: its volume is
that of about 1,321 Earths, but it is only 318 times as
massive.[

Jupiter has the largest planetary atmosphere in the Solar

System, spanning over 5,000 km (3,000 mi) in
altitude.[55][56] Because Jupiter has no surface, the base of its
atmosphere is usually considered to be the point at which
atmospheric pressure is equal to 100 kPa (1.0 bar).