7 Great Facts about Jupiter

It has the fastest day among planets

You call it the fastest or shortest day, it’s the same. Jupiter rotates on its axis at a speed of 12.6 km/s or 45,300 km/h. Thus a Jovian day is about 10 hours. This high velocity has affected its shape a little bit. At the poles, Jupiter tends to flatten yet bulge at its equatorial section. So it ends up with an oblate shape.

Read more on the next page...