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[edit] Summary
Groups of irregular satellites of Jupiter.
The most distant regular satellite Callisto is shown for reference. Plotted by a program written by Eurocommuter.
[edit] Main graph
- The position of a satellite (in polar co-ordinates) represents
- its orbit's semi-major axis a (horizontal axis: in Gm and as a fraction of the Hill sphere's radius)
- orbit’s inclination i in degrees
- The size of the circle illustrates the satellite's size relative to others:
- The eccentricity of selected orbits is shown indirectly by a segment extending from the left (pericenter) to the apocentre to the right. In other words, the segment illustrates the variations of the object's distance from the planet.
[edit] Data source
- Mean Orbital Elements JPL (Aug 2006).
- Size estimations: Sheppard Sheppard pages (Aug 2006)
| Description |
Groups of irregular satellites of Jupiter |
|---|---|
| Source |
Plotted by a program written by author |
| Date |
26 August 2006 |
| Author | |
| Permission (Reusing this image) |
see Licence tag |
[edit] Licensing
File history
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| Date/Time | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 08:35, 30 August 2006 | 400×400 (19 KB) | Eurocommuter | (Switched to data from JPL.) |
| 15:15, 26 August 2006 | 400×400 (19 KB) | Eurocommuter | (Groups of irregular satellites of Jupiter. By Eurocommuter. ) |
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