List of Jupiter's moons

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Orbital half-axes of the outer moons of Jupiter (abscesses, in million km) against their orbital inclination (semi-arc, in degrees): The circle sizes show the relative lunar radii to the orbital elements, not to scale The horizontal lines represent the area between the perijovum and apojovum of the respective lunar orbit.

The following table contains the most important data of the 69 first discovered of all 79 natural satellites of Jupiter known to date .

It is arranged according to the official number of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and according to the semi-major axis . Newly discovered objects are initially given a provisional designation ; if a secured orbit can be determined, they will later be given a name by the IAU. An object with a provisional designation is e.g. B. S / 2011 J 1 . The orbits of various candidate satellites are not known accurately enough. It is therefore not possible to locate them specifically and are therefore currently considered lost.

By far the largest satellites are the four Galilean moons , which together make up more than 99.997 percent of the mass of all of Jupiter 's moons .

The most important dates of the moons of Jupiter

An orbit inclination of over 90 ° means that the satellite orbits Jupiter in a retrograde manner. As a rule, moons move prograd , i.e. H. in the same direction of rotation around the planet as the planet rotates around its own axis.

Legend for the Jupiter moon table
No. final number of the moon
Surname Proper name
preliminary reference provisional designation
a Major semi-axis in km
e Numerical eccentricity
i Orbit inclination in degrees
T Orbital period in days
D. (Mean) diameter in km
M. Mass in kg
discovered first reliable proof
Color coding diameter
<20 km 20-59 km 60-199 km 200-599 km 600-2000 km > 2000 km
No. Surname preliminary reference a e i T D. M. discovered
I. Io 421,800 0.004 0.036 1.77 3643 8th.9e22nd 1610
II Europe 671.100 0.009 0.466 3.55 3122 4th.8the22nd 1610
III Ganymede 1,070,400 0.001 0.177 7.16 5262 1.5e23 1610
IV Callisto 1,882,700 0.007 0.192 16.69 4821 1.1e23 1610
V Amalthea 181,400 0.003 0.380 0.50 168 2.1e18th 1892
VI Himalia 11,461,000 0.162 27.50 250.6 160 6th.7the18th 1904
VII Elara 11,741,000 0.217 26.63 259.6 78 8th.7the17th 1905
VIII Pasiphae 23,624,000 0.409 151.4 708.0 58 3.0e17th 1908
IX Sinope 23,939,000 0.250 158.1 724.5 38 7th.6the16 1914
X Lysithea 11,717,000 0.112 28.30 259.2 38 6th.3e16 1938
XI Carme 23,404,000 0.253 164.9 702.3 46 1.3e17th 1938
XII Ananke 21,276,000 0.244 148.9 610.5 28 3.0e16 1951
XIII Leda 11,165,000 0.164 27.46 240.9 18th 1.1e16 1973
XIV Thebe S / 1979 J 2 221,900 0.018 1.080 0.68 98 7th.6the17th 1979
XV Adrastea S / 1979 J 1 129,000 0.002 0.054 0.30 16 1.9e16 1979
XVI Metis S / 1979 J 3 128,000 0.001 0.019 0.30 44 9.6the16 1979
XVII Callirrhoe S / 1999 J 1 24,102,000 0.283 147.1 758.8 7th 8th.7the14th 2000
XVIII Themisto S / 1975 J 1
S / 2000 J 1 		7,507,000 0.242 43.08 130.0 9 6th.9e14th 1975
2000
XIX Megaclite S / 2000 J 8 23,806,000 0.421 152.8 752.8 6th 2.1e14th 2001
XX Taygete S / 2000 J 9 23,360,000 0.252 165.2 732.2 5 1.6the14th 2001
XXI Chaldene S / 2000 J 10 23,179,000 0.251 165.2 723.8 4th 7th.5e13 2001
XXII Harpalyke S / 2000 J 5 21,105,000 0.226 148.6 623.3 4th 1.2e14th 2001
XXIII Kalyke S / 2000 J 2 23,583,000 0.245 165.2 743.0 5 1.9e14th 2001
XXIV Iocaste S / 2000 J 3 21,269,000 0.216 149.4 631.5 5 1.9e14th 2001
XXV Erinome S / 2000 J 4 23,279,000 0.266 164.9 728.3 3 4th.5e13 2003
XXVI Isonoe S / 2000 J 6 23,217,000 0.246 165.2 725.5 4th 7th.5e13 2001
XXVII Practice S / 2000 J 7 21,147,000 0.230 149.0 625.3 7th 4th.3e14th 2003
XXVIII Autonoe S / 2001 J 1 23,039,000 0.334 152.9 762.7 4th 9.0e13 2002
XXIX Thyone S / 2001 J 2 20,940,000 0.229 148.5 627.3 4th 9.0e13 2002
XXX Hermippe S / 2001 J 3 21,131,000 0.210 150.7 633.9 4th 9.0e13 2002
XXXI Aitne S / 2001 J 11 23,231,000 0.264 165.1 730.2 3 4th.5e13 2002
XXXII Eurydome S / 2001 J 4 22,865,000 0.276 150.3 717.3 3 4th.5e13 2002
XXXIII Euanthe S / 2001 J 7 20,799,000 0.232 148.9 620.6 3 4th.5e13 2002
XXXIV Euporia S / 2001 J 10 19,302,000 0.144 145.8 550.7 2 1.5e13 2002
XXXV Orthosia S / 2001 J 9 20,721,000 0.281 145.9 622.6 2 1.5e13 2002
XXXVI Sponde S / 2001 J 5 23,487,000 0.312 151.0 748.3 2 1.5e13 2002
XXXVII Kale S / 2001 J 8 23,217,000 0.260 165.0 729.5 2 1.5e13 2002
XXXVIII Pasithee S / 2001 J 6 23,096,000 0.267 165.1 719.5 2 1.5e13 2002
XXXIX Hegemone S / 2003 J 8 23,947,000 0.328 155.2 739.6 3 4th.5e13 2003
XL Mnemes S / 2003 J 21 21,069,000 0.227 148.6 620.0 2 1.5e13 2003
XLI Aoede S / 2003 J 7 23,981,000 0.432 158.3 761.5 4th 9.0e13 2003
XLII Thelxinoe S / 2003 J 22 21,162,000 0.221 151.4 628.1 2 1.5e13 2004
XLIII ark S / 2002 J 1 22,931,000 0.259 165.0 723.9 3 4th.5e13 2002
XLIV Callichore S / 2003 J 11 24,043,000 0.264 165.5 764.7 2 1.5e13 2003
XLV Helike S / 2003 J 6 21,263,000 0.156 154.8 634.8 4th 9.0e13 2003
XLVI Carpo S / 2003 J 20 16,989,000 0.430 51.4 456.1 3 4th.5e13 2003
XLVII Eukelade S / 2003 J 1 23,661,000 0.272 165.5 746.4 4th 9.0e13 2003
XLVIII Cyllene S / 2003 J 13 24,349,000 0.319 149.3 737.8 2 1.5e13 2003
XLIX Kore S / 2003 J 14 24,543,000 0.325 145.0 779.2 2 1.5e13 2003
L. Herse S / 2003 J 17 23,097,000 0.200 164.2 715.4 2 1.5e13 2003
LI S / 2010 J 1 23,314,335 0.320 163.2 723.2 2 2010
LII S / 2010 J 2 20,307,150 0.307 150.4 588.1 1 2010
LIII slide S / 2000 J 11 12,118,000 0.211 28.23 287.0 4th 9.0e13 2000
LIV S / 2016 J 1 20,650,845 0.141 139.8 602.7 1 2016
LV Z2318 S / 2003 J 18 20,274,000 0.105 146.4 588.0 2 1.5e13 2003
LVI S / 2011 J 2 23,463,885 0.332 148.8 730.5 1 2011
LVII Eirene S / 2003 J 5 23,731,770 0.220 163.1 759.7 4th 9.0e13 2003
LVIII Philophrosyne S / 2003 J 15 22,819,950 0.194 143.6 701.3 2 1.5e13 2003
LIX Z3701 S / 2017 J 1 23,547,105 0.397 149.2 734.2 2 2017
LX Eupheme S / 2003 J 3 21.199.710 0.253 148.0 627.8 2 1.5e13 2003
LXI Z2319 S / 2003 J 19 22,757,000 0.257 166.7 697.6 2 1.5e13 2003
LXII Valetudo S / 2016 Y 2 18,980,000 0.222 34.0 533.3 1 2016
LXIII S / 2017 J 2 23,303,000 0.236 166.4 723.1 2 2017
LXIV S / 2017 J 3 20,694,000 0.148 147.9 606.3 2 2017
LXV Pandia S / 2017 J 4 11,525,000 0.180 28.15 252.1 3 2017
LXVI S / 2017 J 5 23,232,000 0.284 164.3 719.5 2 2017
LXVII S / 2017 J 6 22,455,000 0.557 155.2 683.0 2 2017
LXVIII S / 2017 J 7 20,627,000 0.215 143.4 602.6 2 2017
LXIX S / 2017 J 8 23,232,700 0.312 164.7 719.6 1 2017
LXX S / 2017 J 9 21,487,000 0.229 152.7 639.2 3 2017
LXXI Ersa S / 2018 J 1 11,483,000 0.094 30.61 252.0 3 2018
LXXII Z3101 S / 2011 J 1 22,462,000 0.233 163.3 686.6 2 2011
Z2302 S / 2003 J 2 28,570,410 0.380 151.8 982.5 2 1.5e13 2003
Z2304 S / 2003 J 4 23.257.920 0.204 144.9 723.2 2 1.5e13 2003
Z2309 S / 2003 J 9 22,441,680 0.269 164.5 683.0 1 1.5e12 2003
Z2310 S / 2003 J 10 24,249,600 0.214 164.1 767.0 2 1.5e13 2003
Z2312 S / 2003 J 12 19.002.480 0.376 145.8 533.3 1 1.5e12 2003
Z2316 S / 2003 J 16 21,000,000 0.230 148.5 595.4 2 1.5e13 2003
Z2323 S / 2003 J 23 24,055,500 0.309 149.2 759.7 2 1.5e13 2003

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: Jupiter moon  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Commons : Jupiter's moons  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Scott S. Sheppard : Moons of Jupiter. Retrieved March 22, 2020 (English).
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Jupiter
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Adrastea  • Aitne  • Amalthea  • Ananke  • Aoede  • Arche  • Autonoe  • Callirrhoe  • Carme  • Carpo  • Chaldene  • Cyllene  • Dia  • Eirene  • Elara  • Erinome  • Ersa  • Euanthe  • Eucelade  • Eupheme  • Euporia  • Europe  • Eurydome  • Ganymed  • Harpalyke  • Hegemone  • Helike  • Hermippe  • Herse  • Himalia  • Io  • Iocaste  • Isonoe  • Kale  • Kallichore  • Callisto  • Kalyke  • Kore  • Leda  • Lysithea  • Megaclite  • Metis  • Mneme  • Orthosie  • Pandia  • Pasiphae  • Pasithee  • Philophrosyne  • Praxidike  • Sinope  • Sponde  • Taygete  • Thebe  • Thelxinoe  • Themisto  • Thyone  • Valetudo
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Pluto

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Haumea

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