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 = 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 0.001 4.6 5262 1.33 1.47 Callisto 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 = 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 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