Jupiter

Constants

•  Mean Radius:               69911 km

•  Mass:                      317.8 (Earth=1)

•  Density:                   1.33 (g/cm^3)

•  Gravity:                   2.506 (Earth=1)

•  Orbit Period:              11.86 (Earth years)

•  Rotation Period:           0.414 (Earth days)

•  Semimajor Axis of Orbit:   5.2 au

•  Eccentricity of Orbit:     0.004

Visit Some of the Satellites of Jupiter

• Amalthea
• Io
• Europa
• Ganymede
• Callisto

JPL's Galileo Messenger

For information on current spacecraft missions to Jupiter and its

satellites see.

The GALILEO SSI TEAM Education and Public Outreach web page.

The Shoemaker - Levy 9 Comet made a big splash the summer of '94.