Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter in Orbiter
Designation
Name	Jupiter
Reference body	Sun
Number of known satellites	79
Physical parameters*
Mass	1.899×10²⁷ kg
Mean Radius	6.991×10⁷ m
Gravitational moments	J₂=0.0147
Siderial day	1.35×10⁴ s
Atmosphere	Yes
Atmosphere*
Atmosphere model	Generic
Surface pressure	2.014 MPa
Surface density	1.329 kg/m³
Specific gas constant	194.92 J/(K kg)
Specific heat ratio	1.33
Osculating elements (ecliptic frame)*
Semi-major axis	7.7858×10¹¹ m
Eccentricity	0.048851
Inclination	1.30°
Note	*Parameters and Elements are from Orbiter 2016

Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun. It is the largest of the planets. As of January 2021, Jupiter has 79 known natural satellites, a number of which are available in the Outer Planets Add-on available on the Orbit Hangar Mods website here.

Natural satellites

Jupiter's natural satellites

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Named Satellites:

Numbered Satellites:

S/2003 J 2 | S/2003 J 4 | S/2003 J 9 | S/2003 J 10 | S/2003 J 12 | S/2003 J 16 | S/2003 J 18 | S/2003 J 19 | S/2003 J 23 | S/2003 J 24 |S/2010 J 1 | S/2010 J 2 | S/2011 J 1 | S/2011 J 2 S/2011 J 3 | S/2016 J 1 | S/2016 J 3 | S/2016 J 4 | S/2017 J 1 | S/2017 J 2 | S/2017 J 3 | S/2017 J 5 | S/2017 J 6 | S/2017 J 7 | S/2017 J 8 | S/2017 J 9 | S/2018 J 2 |S/2018 J 3 | S/2018 J 4 | S/2021 J 1 S/2021 J 2 | S/2021 J 3 | S/2021 J 4 | S/2021 J 5 | S/2021 J 6 | S/2022 J 1 | S/2022 J 2 | S/2022 J 3

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Central star	Sun (Sol)
Planets	Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
Natural satellites	Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more...
Add-ons	Planets - Dwarf Planets - Small objects - Natural satellites - Alternative star systems

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