Vital Statistics for Jupiter’s Inner Satellites

Inner Satellites of Jupiter

Name Semimajor Axis (km) Period (days) Eccentricity Inclination (deg) Mean Radius (km) Mass (10^20 kg) Associated Ring Footnotes Comments
Metis 127,979 0.295 0.0002 0.06 43   Main 1,2,4  
Adrastea 128,980 0.298 0.0015 0.03 16.4   Main 1,2,4  
Amalthea 181,366 0.4982 0.00319 0.374 167   Amalthea Ring 3,4  
Thebe 221,890 0.675 0.175 1.076 98.6   Thebe Ring, Thebe Extension 3,4  
Io 421,800 1.769 0.004 0.04 3636.2 893   1,2,4  
Europa 670,900 3.55181 0.0101 0.47 3,121.4 480   1,2  
Ganymede 1,070,000 7.154553 0.0015 0.195 5,268.2 1480   1,2 Largest and most massive of the solar system’s moons
Callisto 1,883,000 16.689018 0.007 0.281 4,818.8 1080   1,2  

The table of Jupiter’s rings can be found here.

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