Jupiter yana da mahimmancin hydrogen tare da kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na nauyinsa shine helium, ko da yake helium ya ƙunshi kashi ɗaya cikin goma na adadin kwayoyin. Hakanan yana iya samun dutsen dutsen abubuwa masu nauyi, amma kamar sauran taurari masu girma, Jupiter ba shi da cikakkiyar ma'anar fuska. Saboda saurin juyawa, siffar duniyar ita ce ta oblate spheroid (yana da ɗan ƙarami amma sananne a kusa da equator). An rarraba yanayin waje a cikin ƙungiyoyi da yawa a wurare daban-daban, wanda ya haifar da tashin hankali da guguwa tare da iyakokinsu masu hulɗa. Babban sakamako shine Babban Red Spot, babban hadari wanda aka sani ya wanzu tun aƙalla ƙarni na 17 lokacin da aka fara gan shi ta hanyar telescope.
turbulence da hadari tare da iyakokinsu masu hulɗa