Ganymede (Satellite of Jupiter)

Full size image of Ganymede (81 KB.)

Constants

•  Mean Radius:               2632.345 km

•  Mass:                      0.0249 (Earth=1)

•  Density:                   1.93 (g/cm^3)

•  Gravity:                   0.145 (Earth=1)

•  Orbit Period:              7.155 (Earth days)

•  Rotation Period:           7.155 (Earth days)

•  Semimajor Axis of Orbit:   1,070,000 km

•  Eccentricity of Orbit:     0.002

Ganymede Nomenclature

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

Jupiter Satellites Voyager and Galileo Global Mosaics

Global image maps of Io and other Jovian satellites created from Voyager and Galileo imagery.