Jupiter (Musytari)

Jupiter (Musytari)

Orbital Characteristics


Perihelion: 740,573,600 km, 4.950429 AE

Aphelion: 816,520,800 km, 5.458104 AE

Semi-major axis: 778,547,200 km, 5.204267 AE

Eccentricity: 0.048775

Orbital period: 4331.572 days, 11.85920 years

Synodic period: 398.88 days, 1.092 years

Average orbital speed: 13.07 km/s

Mean anomaly: 18.818°

Inclination: 1.305°

Longitude of ascending node: 100.492°

Argument of perihelion: 275.066°



Satellites/moons: 63


Physical Characteristics

Equatorial radius: 71,492 ± 4 km (11.209 x Earth)

Flattening: 0.06487 ± 0.00015

Surface area: 6.21796×1010 km2 (121.9 x Earth)

Volume: 1.43128×1015 km3 (1321.3 x Earth)

Mass: 1.8986×1027 kg (317.8 x Earth)

Mean density: 1.326 g/cm3

Equatorial surface gravity: 24.79 m/s2

Escape velocity: 59.5 km/s

Sidereal rotation period: 9.925 h Earth days, Earth hours

Axial tilt : 3.13°

Albedo: 0.52

Average surface temperatures: 125 K, -148 °C, -234 °F

Apparent magnitude: -1.6 to -2.94

Angular diameter: 29.8" — 50.1"


The Atmosphere

Composition:

89.8 ± 2.0% Hydrogen (H2)

10.2 ± 2.0% Helium

ca. 0.3% Methane (CH4)

ca. 0.026% Ammonia (NH3)

ca. 0.003% Hydrogen deuteride (HD)

0.0006% Ethane (C2H6)

0.0004% Water (H2O)

Source