Jupiter Statistics
 Mass (kg)1.900e+27 
 Mass (Earth = 1)3.1794e+02 
 Equatorial radius (km)71,492 
 Equatorial radius (Earth = 1)1.1209e+01 
 Mean density (gm/cm^3)1.33 
 Mean distance from the Sun (km)778,330,000 
 Mean distance from the Sun (Earth = 1)5.2028 
 Rotational period (days)0.41354 
 Orbital period (days)4332.71 
 Mean orbital velocity (km/sec)13.07 
 Orbital eccentricity0.0483 
 Tilt of axis (degrees)3.13 
 Orbital inclination (degrees)1.308 
 Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2)22.88 
 Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec)59.56 
 Visual geometric albedo0.52 
 Magnitude (Vo)-2.70 
 Mean cloud temperature-121°C 
 Atmospheric pressure (bars)0.7 
 Atmospheric composition
Hydrogen
Helium

90% 
10% 

Ring Statistics

NameDistance*WidthThicknessMassAlbedo
Halo100,000 km22,800 km20,000 km?0.05
Main122,800 km6,400 km< 30 km1 x 10^13 kg0.05
Gossamer129,200 km850,000 km??0.05

*The distance is measured from the planet center to the start of the ring.

Moon Statistics
Moon#Radius
(km)		Mass
(kg)		Distance
(km)		DiscovererDate
MetisXVI209.56e+16127,969S. Synnott1979
AdrasteaXV12.5x10x7.51.91e+16128,971Jewitt-Danielson1979
AmaltheaV135x84x757.17e+18181,300E. Barnard1892
ThebeXIV55x457.77e+17221,895S. Synnott1979
IoI1,8158.94e+22421,600Marius-Galileo1610
EuropaII1,5694.80e+22670,900Marius-Galileo1610
GanymedeIII2,6311.48e+231,070,000Marius-Galileo1610
CallistoIV2,4001.08e+231,883,000Marius-Galileo1610
LedaXIII85.68e+1511,094,000C. Kowal1974
HimaliaVI939.56e+1811,480,000C. Perrine1904
LysitheaX187.77e+1611,720,000S. Nicholson1938
ElaraVII387.77e+1711,737,000C. Perrine1905
AnankeXII153.82e+1621,200,000S. Nicholson1951
CarmeXI209.56e+1622,600,000S. Nicholson1938
PasiphaeVIII251.91e+1723,500,000P. Melotte1908
SinopeIX187.77e+1623,700,000S. Nicholson1914

Jupiter Data Aquired From Views of the Solar System
by Calvin J. Hamilton

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