VISIBILITY OF SATELLITES OF JUPITER AND SATURN

The 2 tables show the diameters and the magnitude of the greatest satellites of Jupiter and Saturn




JUPITER

a = 778*10^6 km

e = 0.049

r = 71492 km

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visibility from the Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

e

mag

Ų (km)

Ų"  (min)

Ų"  (max)

Io

421800

0

5

3643

0.92

1.02

Europa

671100

0

5.3

3122

0.78

0.87

Ganimede

1070400

0.001

4.6

5262

1.33

1.47

Callisto

1882700

0.007

5.7

4821

1.22

1.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visibility from Jupiter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mag

 

Ų"  (medio)

Io

 

 

-11.7

 

1781

Europa

 

 

-10.3

 

960

Ganimede

 

 

-9.9

 

1014

Callisto

 

 

-7.5

 

528

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURN

a = 1433*10^6 km

e = 0.057

r = 60268 km

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visibility from the Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

e

mag

Ų (km)

Ų"  (min)

Ų"  (max)

Mimas

185600

0.021

12.5

397

0.05

0.06

Enceladus

238100

0

11.5

499

0.07

0.08

Tethys

294700

0

10

1060

0.14

0.16

Dione

377400

0

10

1118

0.15

0.17

Rhea

527100

0.001

9

1528

0.21

0.23

Titan

1221900

0.029

8

5150

0.7

0.79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visibility from Saturn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mag

 

Ų"  (medio)

Mimas

 

 

-7.8

 

441

Enceladus

 

 

-8.1

 

432

Tethys

 

 

-8.9

 

742

Dione

 

 

-8.3

 

611

Rhea

 

 

-8.4

 

598

Titan

 

 

-7.4

 

869

 

a = major semiaxis e = eccentricity mag = magnitude Dia = diameter