Jupiter
| Jupiter | |
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| Jupiter in Orbiter | |
| Designation | |
| Name | Jupiter |
| Reference body | Sun |
| Number of satellites | |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | J2000 (1 January 2000) |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 5.20336301 AU (7.784120267×1011 km) |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.04839266 |
| Inclination (i) | 1.30530° (0.0227818 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 100.55615° (1.755036 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 14.75385° (0.257503 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 34.40438° (0.600470 radian) |
| Planetary orbital element centennial rates | |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 0.00060737 AU/Century |
| Eccentricity (e) | -0.00012880 Century-1 |
| Inclination (i) | -4.15 seconds/Century |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 1217.17 seconds/Century |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 839.93 seconds/Century |
| Mean longitude (L) | 10925078.35 seconds/Century |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 69911.0±6 km |
| Mass | 1.8986111×1027 kg |
| Density | 1.326 g/m3 |
| Sidereal rotation period | 9.92425 hours |
| Sidereal orbit period | 11.856523 years |
| Magnitude V(1,0) | -9.4 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.52 |
| Equatorial gravity | 23.12±0.01 m/s2 |
| Escape velocity | 59.5 km/s |
| Rotation elements | |
| North pole right ascension (α) | 268.04° |
| North pole declination (δ) | 64.49° |
| Obliqutiy of ecliptic | 2.22° |
| Longitude of Sun's transit | 157.68° |
| Atmospheric parameters | |
| Surface Pressure | >>104 kPa |
| Surface Density | ~0.16 kg/m3 at 1 bar |
| Scale height | 27 km |
| Average temperature | ~210 K |
| Wind speeds | up to 150 m/s at <30° latitude up to 40 m/s else |
| Ecliptic position from primary* | |
| Note | *Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016) |
Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun. It is the largest of the planets. As of January 2021, Jupiter has 79 known natural satellites, a number of which are available in the Outer Planets Add-on available on the Orbit Hangar Mods website here.
See also: Wikipedia [1]
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Natural satellites
| Jupiters natural satellites |
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Named Satellites: Adrastea | Aitne | Amalthea | Ananke | Aoede | Arche | Autonoe | Callirrhoe | Callisto | Carme | Carpo | Chaldene | Cyllene | Dia | Eirene | Elara | Erinome | Ersa | Euanthe | Eukelade | Eupheme | Euporie | Europa | Eurydome | Ganymede | Harpalyke | Hegemone | Helike | Hermippe | Herse | Himalia | Io | Iocaste | Isonoe | Kale | Kallichore | Kalyke | Kore | Leda | Lysithea | Megaclite | Metis | Mneme | Orthosie | Pandia | Pasiphae | Pasithee | Philophrosyne | Praxidike | Sinope | Sponde | Taygete | Thebe | Thelxinoe | Themisto | Thyone | Valetudo Numbered Satellites: S/2003 J2 | S/2003 J4 | S/2003 J9 | S/2003 J10 | S/2003 J12 | S/2003 J16 | S/2003 J18 | S/2003 J19 | S/2003 J23 | S/2010 J 1 | S/2010 J 2 | S/2011 J 1 | S/2011 J 2 S/2016 J 1 | S/2017 J 1 | S/2017 J 2 | S/2017 J 3 | S/2017 J 5 | S/2017 J 6 | S/2017 J 7 | S/2017 J 8 | S/2017 J 9 |
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