JupiterJupiter
Jupiter Fact SheetJupiter/Earth ComparisonBulk parameters Jupiter Earth Ratio (Jupiter/Earth)
Mass (1024 kg) 1,898.6 5.9736 317.83
Volume (1010 km3) 143,128 108.321 1321.33
Radius (1 bar level) (km)
Equatorial 71,492 6,378 11.21
Polar 66,854 6,356 10.52
Volumetric mean radius (km) 69,911 6,371 10.97
Ellipticity 0.0649 0.0034 19.09
Mean density (kg/m3) 1,326 5,520 0.240
Gravity (eq., 1 bar) (m/s2) 23.12 9.78 2.364
Escape velocity (km/s) 59.5 11.19 5.32
GM (x 106 km3/s2) 126.686 0.3986 317.8
Bond albedo 0.70 0.385 1.82
Visual geometric albedo 0.52 0.367 1.42
Visual magnitude V(1,0) -9.40 -3.86 -
Solar irradiance (W/m2) 51. 1380. 0.037
Black-body temperature (K) 90.6 247.3 0.366
Moment of inertia (I/MR2) 0.254 0.3308 0.768
J2 (x 10-6) 14,736 1082.63 13.611
Orbital parametersJupiter Earth Ratio (Jupiter/Earth) Semimajor axis (106 km) 778.4 149.6 5.203 Sidereal orbit period (days) 4,332.589 365.256 11.862 Tropical orbit period (days) 4,330.595 365.242 11.857 Perihelion (106 km) 740.6 147.1 5.035 Aphelion (106 km) 816.0 152.1 5.365 Synodic period (days) 398.88 - - Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 13.07 29.79 0.439 Orbit inclination (deg) 1.305 0.00 - Orbit eccentricity 0.04839 0.0167 2.898 Sidereal rotation period (hours) 9.9250* 23.9345 0.415 Obliquity to orbit (deg) 3.12 23.45 0.133 * System III (1965.0) coordinates Jupiter Observational ParametersDiscoverer: Unknown
Discovery Date: Prehistoric
Apparent diameter from Earth
Maximum (seconds of arc) 59.0
Minimum (seconds of arc) 29.8
Distance from Earth
Minimum (106 km) 588.5
Maximum (106 km) 968.1
Apparent magnitude at opposition -2.7
Jupiter Mean Orbital Elements (J2000)Semimajor axis (AU) 5.20336301 Orbital eccentricity 0.04839266 Orbital inclination (deg) 1.30530 Longitude of ascending node (deg) 100.55615 Longitude of perihelion (deg) 14.75385 Mean Longitude (deg) 34.40438 Jovian MagnetosphereGoddard Space Flight Center O4 Model Dipole field strength: 4.28 gauss-Rj3
Dipole tilt to rotational axis: 9.6 degrees
Longitude of tilt: 201.7 degrees
Dipole offset (planet center to dipole center) distance: 0.131 Rj
Latitude/Longitude of offset vector: -8.0 degrees/148.57 degrees
Note: All
latitudes/longitudes are given in Jovian System III
(1965.0) coordinates. Jovian AtmosphereSurface Pressure: >>100 bars
Average temperature: ~129 K
Temperature at 1 bar: ~165 K
Density at 1 bar: ~0.16 kg/m3
Wind speeds
Up to ~150 m/s (<30 degrees latitude)
Up to ~40 m/s (>30 degrees latitude)
Scale height: 27 km
Mean molecular weight: 2.22 g/mole
Atmospheric composition (uncertainty in parentheses)
Major: Molecular hydrogen (H2) - 89.8% (2.0%); Helium (He) - 10.2% (2.0%)
Minor (ppm): Methane (CH4) - 3000 (1000); Ammonia (NH3) - 260 (40);
Hydrogen Deuteride (HD) - 28 (10); Ethane (C2H6) - 5.8 (1.5);
Water (H2O) - ~4 (varies with pressure)
Aerosols: Ammonia ice, water ice, ammonia hydrosulfide
Jovian AtmosphereSurface Pressure: >>100 bars
Average temperature: ~129 K
Temperature at 1 bar: ~165 K
Density at 1 bar: ~0.16 kg/m3
Wind speeds
Up to ~150 m/s (<30 degrees latitude)
Up to ~40 m/s (>30 degrees latitude)
Scale height: 27 km
Mean molecular weight: 2.22 g/mole
Atmospheric composition (uncertainty in parentheses)
Major: Molecular hydrogen (H2) - 89.8% (2.0%); Helium (He) - 10.2% (2.0%)
Minor (ppm): Methane (CH4) - 3000 (1000); Ammonia (NH3) - 260 (40);
Hydrogen Deuteride (HD) - 28 (10); Ethane (C2H6) - 5.8 (1.5);
Water (H2O) - ~4 (varies with pressure)
Aerosols: Ammonia ice, water ice, ammonia hydrosulfide
NASA Official: J. H. King,
joseph.h.king@gsfc.nasa.gov
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