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Jupiter mass
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mass of planet Jupiter, used as unit of mass
Key facts
- Unit system
- Astronomical system of units
- Unit of
- mass
- Symbol
- M J , M Jup or M ♃
- Si base unit
- (1.898 13 ± 0.000 19 ) × 10 kg
- U s customary
- ≈ 4.1847 × 10 pounds
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Wikidata facts
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- unit symbol
- M<sub>J</sub>
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent
- wd:Q651336 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)
- conversion to SI unit
- 1898130000000000000000000000
- numeric value
- 1898130
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The Jupiter mass, also called Jovian mass, is the unit of mass equal to the total mass of the planet Jupiter. This value may refer to the mass of the planet alone, or the mass of the entire Jovian system to include the moons of Jupiter. Jupiter is by far the most massive planet in the Solar System. It is approximately 2.5 times as massive as all of the other planets in the Solar System combined.
Jupiter mass is a common unit of mass in astronomy that is used to indicate the masses of other similarly-sized objects, including the outer planets, extrasolar planets, and brown dwarfs, as this unit provides a convenient scale for comparison.