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Jupiter's
Moons
|
Name |
AKA |
Mean Distance
from Jupiter |
Diameter |
Mass[1] |
Orbital
Period[2] |
Rotational
Period[2] |
|
Metis |
JXVI |
128,000
km/
79,500 mi |
40 km/
25 mi |
0.001 |
0.295 |
sync |
|
Adrastea |
JXV |
129,000
km/
80,000 mi |
20 km/
12 mi |
0.0002 |
0.298 |
sync |
|
Amalthea |
JV |
181,000
km/
112,500 mi |
189 km/
117 mi |
0.075 |
0.498 |
sync |
|
Thebe |
JXIV |
222,000
km/
138,000 mi |
100 km/
62 mi |
0.008 |
0.675 |
sync |
|
Io |
JI |
422,000
km/
262,000 mi |
3,630 km/
2,256 mi |
893.2 |
1.769 |
sync |
|
Europa |
JII |
671,000
km/
417,000 mi |
3,130 km/
1,945 mi |
480.0 |
3.551 |
sync |
|
Ganymede |
JIII |
1,070,000
km/
665,000 mi |
5,268 km/
3,273 mi |
1,482.0 |
7.155 |
sync |
|
Callisto |
JIV |
1,883,000
km/
1,170,000 mi |
4,806 km/
2,986 mi |
1,076.0 |
16.689 |
sync |
|
Leda |
JXIII |
11,127,000
km/
6,914,000 mi |
10 km/
6 mi |
0.00006 |
234 |
|
|
Himalia |
JVI |
11,480,000
km/
7,133,000 mi |
170 km/
106 mi |
0.095 |
251 |
0.4 |
|
Lysithea |
JX |
11,686,000
km/
7,261,300 mi |
24 km/
15 mi |
0.0008 |
258 |
0.5 |
|
Elara |
JVII |
11,737,000
km/
7,293,000 mi |
80 km/
50 mi |
0.008 |
256 |
0.5 |
|
Ananke |
JXII |
21,269,000
km/
13,216,000 mi |
20 km/
12.5 mi |
0.0004 |
634 R |
0.4 |
|
Carme |
JXI |
23,350,000
km/
14,509,000 mi |
30 km/
18.6 mi |
0.001 |
729 R |
0.4 |
|
Pasiphae |
JVIII |
23,500,000
km/
14,602,000 mi |
36 km/
22.3 mi |
0.003 |
735 R |
|
|
Sinope |
JIX |
23,700,000
km/
14,726,500 mi |
28 km/
17.3 mi |
0.0008 |
758 R |
0.5 |
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Notes
1. 1020Kg
2. Earth days
Sources
Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2009. Encyclopaedia
Britannica, Inc., 2009. |
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