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Jupiter

Jupiter
Orbital Characteristics of Jupiter

Eigenschaften des Orbits

Perihel: 740,573,600 km, 4.950429 AE
Aphel: 816,520,800 km, 5.458104 AE
Große Halbachse: 778,547,200 km, 5.204267 AE
Exzentrizität: 0.048775
Siderische Umlaufzeit: 4331.572 Tage, 11.85920 Jahre
Synodische Umlaufzeit: 398.88 Tage, 1.092 Jahre
Mittlere Orbitalgeschwindigkeit: 13.07 km/s
Mittlere Anomalie: 18.818°
Neigung der Bahnebene: 1.305°
Argument des Knotens: 100.492°
Argument des Perihels: 275.066°

Satelliten/Monde: 63



Physical Characteristics of Jupiter

Physikalische Eigenschaften

Äquatorradius: 71,492 ± 4 km (11.209 x Erde)
Abplattung: 0.06487 ± 0.00015
Oberfläche: 6.21796×1010 km2 (121.9 x Erde)
Volumen: 1.43128×1015 km3 (1321.3 x Erde)
Masse: 1.8986×1027 kg (317.8 x Erde)
Mittlere Dichte: 1.326 g/cm3
Fallbeschleunigung: 24.79 m/s2
Fluchtgeschwindigkeit: 59.5 km/s
Sidereal rotation period: 9.925 h Earth days, Earth hours
Neigung der Rotationsachse: 3.13°
Geometrische Albedo: 0.52
Mittlere Oberflächentemperaturen: 125 K, -148 °C, -234 °F
Scheinbare Helligkeit: -1.6 to -2.94
Winkeldurchmesser: 29.8" — 50.1"


The Atmosphere of Jupiter

Die Atmosphäre

Zusammensetzung:
  • 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)



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