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Callisto (Satellite of Jupiter)

Callisto
Full size image of Callisto (81 KB.)

Constants

  •  Mean Radius:               2409.3 km
  •  Mass:                      0.0179 (Earth=1)
  •  Density:                   1.851 (g/cm^3)
  •  Gravity:                   0.124 (Earth=1)
  •  Orbit Period:              16.689 (Earth days)
  •  Rotation Period:           16.689 (Earth days)
  •  Semimajor Axis of Orbit:   1,883,000 km
  •  Eccentricity of Orbit:     0.007
Notes on Constants Table

Callisto Nomenclature

Official names of features on Callisto as approved by the International Astronomical Union.

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