mirrored file at http://SaturnianCosmology.Org/ For complete access to all the files of this collection see http://SaturnianCosmology.org/search.php ========================================================== ___________________________________ Jovian Satellite Fact Sheet ___________________________________ [1][Montage of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites] _________________________________________________________________ Bulk parameters Mass Radius Mean density (10^20 kg) (km) (kg/m^3) Galilean Satellites Io (JI) 893.2 1821.6 3530 Europa (JII) 480.0 1560.8 3010 Ganymede (JIII) 1481.9 2631.2 1940 Callisto (JIV) 1075.9 2410.3 1830 Lesser Satellites Metis (JXVI, S/1979 J3) 0.001 20 Adrastea (JXV, S/1979 J1) 0.0002 13 x 10 x 8 Amalthea (JV) 0.075 131 x 73 x 67 3100 Thebe (JXIV, S/1979 J2) 0.008 55 x 45 Themisto (JXVIII, S/1975 J1) 4 Leda (JXIII) 0.00006 5 Himalia (JVI) 0.095 85 Lysithea (JX) 0.0008 12 Elara (JVII) 0.008 40 S/2000 J11 2.0 Harpalyke (JXXII, S/2000 J5) 2.2 Praxidike (JXXVII, S/2000 J7) 3.4 Iocaste (JXXIV, S/2000 J3) 2.6 Ananke (JXII) 0.0004 10 Chaldene (JXXI, S/2000 J10) 1.9 Isonoe (JXXVI, S/2000 J6) 1.9 Erinome (JXXV, S/2000 J4) 1.6 Taygete (JXX, S/2000 J9) 2.5 Carme (JXI) 0.001 15 Pasiphae (JVIII) 0.003 18 Kalyke (JXXIII, S/2000 J2) 2.6 Megaclite (JXIX, S/2000 J8) 2.7 Sinope (JIX) 0.0008 14 Callirrhoe (JXVII, S/1999 J1) 4 Mass Radius Mean density (10^20 kg) (km) (kg/m^3) Newly Discovered Satellites Autonoe (JXXVIII, S/2001 J1) 2.0 Thyone (JXXIX, S/2001 J2) 2.0 Hermippe (JXXX, S/2001 J3) 2.0 Eurydome (JXXXII, S/2001 J4) 1.5 Sponde (JXXXVI, S/2001 J5) 1.0 Pasithee (JXXXVIII, S/2001 J6) 1.0 Euanthe (JXXXIII, S/2001 J7) 1.5 Kale (JXXXVII, S/2001 J8) 1.0 Orthosie (JXXXV, S/2001 J9) 1.0 Euporie (JXXXIV, S/2001 J10) 1.0 Aitne (JXXXI, S/2001 J11) 1.5 S/2002 J1 1.5 S/2003 J1 4.0 S/2003 J2 2.0 S/2003 J3 2.0 S/2003 J4 2.0 S/2003 J5 4.0 S/2003 J6 4.0 S/2003 J7 4.0 S/2003 J8 3.0 S/2003 J9 1.0 S/2003 J10 2.0 S/2003 J11 2.0 S/2003 J12 1.0 S/2003 J13 2.0 S/2003 J14 2.0 S/2003 J15 2.0 S/2003 J16 2.0 S/2003 J17 2.0 S/2003 J18 2.0 S/2003 J19 2.0 S/2003 J20 3.0 S/2003 J21 2.0 _________________________________________________________________ Orbital parameters Orbital Rotation Semimajor axis Period* Period Inclination Eccentricity (10^3 km) (Jovian Radii) (days) (days) (degrees) Galilean Satellites Io (JI) 421.6 5.91 1.769138 S 0.04 0.004 Europa (JII) 670.9 9.40 3.551181 S 0.47 0.0101 Ganymede (JIII) 1070.4 14.97 7.154553 S 0.21 0.0015 Callisto (JIV) 1882.7 26.33 16.689018 S 0.51 0.007 Lesser Satellites Metis (JXVI, S/1979 J3) 128.0 1.79 0.294779 S 0.06 0.0002 Adrastea (JXV, S/1979 J1) 129.0 1.80 0.298260 S 0.03 0.0015 Amalthea (JV) 181.4 2.54 0.498179 S 0.40 0.003 Thebe (JXIV, S/1979 J2) 221.9 3.11 0.6745 0.8 0.018 Themisto (JXVIII, S/1975 J1) 7507 105.00 130.02 45.67 0.242 Leda (JXIII) 11170 156.2 240.92 27.47 0.164 Himalia (JVI) 11460 160.3 250.5662 0.4 27.63 0.162 Lysithea (JX) 11720 163.9 259.22 27.35 0.112 Elara (JVII) 11740 164.2 259.6528 0.5 24.77 0.217 S/2000 J11 12560 175.7 287.0 28.3 0.248 Harpalyke (JXXII, S/2000 J5) 21110 295.3 623.3R 148.7 0.227 Praxidike (JXXVII, S/2000 J7) 21150 295.8 625.3R 148.7 0.220 Iocaste (JXXIV, S/2000 J3) 21270 297.5 631.5R 159.7 0.218 Ananke (JXII) 21280 297.7 629.8R 148.9 0.244 Chaldene (JXXI, S/2000 J10) 23180 324.2 723.8R 165.4 0.238 Isonoe (JXXVI, S/2000 J6) 23220 324.8 725.5R 165.0 0.261 Erinome (JXXV, S/2000 J4) 23280 325.6 728.3R 164.9 0.270 Taygete (JXX, S/2000 J9) 23360 326.7 732.2R 165.2 0.251 Carme (JXI) 23400 327.3 734.2R 164.9 0.253 Kalyke (JXXIII, S/2000 J2) 23580 329.8 743.0R 165.2 0.243 Pasiphae (JVIII) 23620 330.4 743.6R 151.4 0.409 Megaclite (JXIX, S/2000 J8) 23810 333.0 752.8R 152.7 0.425 Sinope (JIX) 23940 334.9 758.9R 158.1 0.250 Callirrhoe (JXVII, S/1999 J1) 24100 337.1 758.8R 147.1 0.283 Orbital Rotation Semimajor axis Period* Period Inclination Eccentricity (10^3 km) (Jovian Radii) (days) (days ) (degrees) Newly Discovered Satellites Autonoe (JXXVIII, S/2001 J1) 24120 3 37.4 765.1R 151.9 0.415 Thyone (JXXIX, S/2001 J2) 21310 298.1 632.4R 149.0 0.295 Hermippe (JXXX, S/2001 J3) 21250 297.2 631.9R 150.3 0.251 Eurydome (JXXXII, S/2001 J4) 23220 324.8 720.8R 150.1 0.345 Sponde (JXXXVI, S/2001 J5) 23810 333.0 749.1R 155.0 0.454 Pasithee (JXXXVIII, S/2001 J6) 23030 322.1 716.3R 165.4 0.288 Euanthe (JXXXIII, S/2001 J7) 21030 294.0 620.0R 145.9 0.176 Kale (JXXXVII, S/2001 J8) 23120 323.4 720.9R 165.3 0.475 Orthosie (JXXXV, S/2001 J9) 21170 296.1 623.0R 141.9 0.272 Euporie (JXXXIV, S/2001 J10) 19390 271.2 553.1R 147.0 0.156 Aitne (JXXXI, S/2001 J11) 23550 329.4 741.0R 165.7 0.291 S/2002 J1 22930 320.7 723.9R 165.0 0.259 S/2003 J1 24560 343.5 781.6R 163.4 0.345 S/2003 J2 28570 399.6 982.5R 151.8 0.380 S/2003 J3 18340 256.5 504.0R 143.7 0.241 S/2003 J4 23260 325.4 723.2R 144.9 0.204 S/2003 J5 24080 336.8 759.7R 165.0 0.210 S/2003 J6 20980 293.5 617.3R 156.1 0.157 S/2003 J7 23810 333.0 748.8R 159.4 0.405 S/2003 J8 24510 342.8 781.6R 152.6 0.264 S/2003 J9 22440 313.9 683.0R 164.5 0.269 S/2003 J10 24250 339.2 767.0R 164.1 0.214 S/2003 J11 22400 313.3 683.0R 163.9 0.223 S/2003 J12 19000 265.8 533.3R 145.8 0.376 S/2003 J13 24000 335.7 737.8R 141.0 0.412 S/2003 J14 25000 349.7 807.8R 140.9 0.222 S/2003 J15 22000 307.7 668.4R 140.8 0.110 S/2003 J16 21000 293.7 595.4R 148.6 0.270 S/2003 J17 22000 307.7 690.3R 163.7 0.190 S/2003 J18 20700 289.5 606.3R 146.5 0.119 S/2003 J19 22800 318.9 701.3R 162.9 0.334 S/2003 J20 17100 239.2 456.5 55.1 0.295 S/2003 J21 20600 288.1 599.0R 148.0 0.208 *R indicates retrograde motion S indicates synchronous rotation - the rotation period is the same as the orbital period Themisto (S/1975 J1) was also designated S/2000 J1 _________________________________________________________________ [2]New satellites of Jupiter discovered in 2003 [3]New Jupiter satellite S/2002 J1 (2002) [4]Eleven new Jovian moons discovered (2002) [5]Eleven new Jovian moons discovered (2000) [6]Jovian moon "rediscovered" after 25 years [7]Galilean 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Williams, [12]dwilliam at nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov NSSDC, Mail Code 633 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 +1-301-286-1258 _________________________________________________________________ [an error occurred while processing this directive] V1.0, 13 July 1995 Last Updated: 26 November 2003, DRW References 1. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/jovian_sats.jpg 2. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/%7Esheppard/satellites/jup2003.html 3. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/%7Esheppard/satellites/s2002j1.html 4. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/%7Esheppard/satellites/jup.html 5. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/%7Ejewitt/jmoons/jmoons.html 6. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/2000J1/jovs.html 7. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/galileanfact_table.html 8. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/jupiterfact.html 9. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/jupiterpage.html 10. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html 11. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetary_home.html 12. mailto:dwilliam at nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov