EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Jupiter is the fifth planet from our Sun and is, by far, the largest planet in the solar system – more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jupiter has the greatest mass and size of all the planets.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system because it had the largest foundation to attract matter as a protoplanet. In the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago, each planet formed from a protoplanet foundation, a collection of dust and gas that did not fall into the sun.

Detailed explanation-4: -Largest Planet: Jupiter Jupiter’s mass is more than 300 times that of Earth, and its diameter, at 140, 000 km, is about 11 times Earth’s diameter. (Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, even at its current diminished size, spans 15, 900, just over a full Earth diameter.)

Detailed explanation-5: -In the Solar System, Jupiter is the largest planet of all, but only  15% larger than Saturn despite being  3 times Saturn’s mass.