Target Information
TARGET_NAME GANYMEDE
PRIMARY_BODY_NAME JUPITER
TARGET_TYPE SATELLITE
TARGET_DESCRIPTION
The following properties are from K.R. Lang, 'Astrophysical
 
      Data: Planets and Stars', pp 70 and 73:
 
 
 
        Name:               J3 Ganymede
 
                            (Jupiter III)
 
        Distance from
 
          Jupiter Center:   1,070,000 km
 
                           (15.1 Jupiter radii)
 
        Orbital Period:     7.155 days
 
        Eccentricity:       0.001 (variable)
 
        Inclination:        0.2 degrees
 
        Radius:             2631 km
 
        Mass:               1490x10^23 grams
 
        Density:            1.93 grams/cm^3
 
        Visual magnitude
 
          at opposition:    4.6
 
        Visual magnitude
 
          at unit distance,
 
          V(1,0):           -2.09
 
        Geometrical visual
 
          albedo:           0.43
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