SizerooHow wide is Jupiter's Great Red Spot?
9,942 milesAbout 16,000 km · Planet-sized
About 9,900 miles (16,000 km) in recent years, wider than Earth, and it's been shrinking.
A red kangaroo would need about 2,000,000 hops (26 ft, or 8 m, each) to cover it.
🪐9,942 miles
🌊the Ohio River
To scale: the Great Red Spot is about 10× bigger than the Ohio River.
Things about the same size
- How far is it from the North Pole to the equator?6,215 miles
- How long is Alaska's coastline?6,640 miles
- How far is Sydney from Los Angeles?7,488 miles
- How wide is Venus?7,521 miles
- How wide is Earth?7,918 miles
- How wide is the Pacific Ocean at its widest?12,303 miles
- How high do GPS satellites orbit?12,552 miles
- How long is the Great Wall of China, all branches included?13,171 miles
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].