Jupiter and the Earth, composite image. At right is a satellite image of the Earth, with an image of Jupiter at left. The images are not to scale. Jup

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Jupiter and the Earth, composite image. At right is a satellite image of the Earth, with an image of Jupiter at left. The images are not to scale. Jupiter's diameter is around 11 times that of the Earth. Jupiter is a large gas giant planet in the outer solar system, the largest planet. Earth, the only planet in the solar system known to support life, is one of the rocky planets of the inner solar system.

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