PLANETARY DATA: JUPITER |
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Orbital semi-major axis | 5.20 A.U. 778.4 million km |
Orbital eccentricity | 0.048 |
Perihelion | 4.95 A.U. 740.7 million km |
Aphelion | 5.46 A.U. 816.1 million km |
Mean orbital speed | 13.1 km/s |
Sidereal orbital period | 11.86 tropical years |
Synodic orbital period | 398.88 solar days |
Orbital inclination to the ecliptic | 1.31° |
Greatest angular diameter, as seen from Earth | 50" |
Mass | 1.901027 kg 317.8 (Earth = 1) |
Equatorial radius | 71,492 km 11.21 (Earth = 1) |
Mean density | 1330 kg/m3 0.241 (Earth = 1) |
Surface gravity | 24.8 m/s2 2.53 (Earth = 1) |
Escape speed | 59.5 km/s |
Sidereal rotation period | 0.41 solar days |
Axial tilt | 3.08° |
Surface magnetic field | 13.89 (Earth = 1) |
Magnetic axis tilt relative to rotation axis | 9.6° |
Surface temperature | 124 K (at cloudtops) |
Number of moons | 16 |