Ganymede
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This article concerns Ganymede as it relates to Nationstates. For more general information, please see the Wikipedia article on the subject.
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| Orbital characteristics | |||||||
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| Mean radius | 1,070,400 km (0.007155 AU) | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.0011 | ||||||
| Periapsis | 1,069,200 km (0.007147 AU) | ||||||
| Apoapsis | 1,071,600 km (0.007163 AU) | ||||||
| Revolution period | 7.15455296 d (0.019588 a) | ||||||
| Orbital circumference | 6,725,500 km (0.045 AU) | ||||||
| Orbital velocity | max: 10.892 km/s mean: 10.880 km/s min: 10.868 km/s | ||||||
| Inclination | 2.21° (to the ecliptic) 0.20° to Jupiter's equator) | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Jupiter | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Mean diameter | 5262.4 km (0.413 Earths) | ||||||
| Surface area | 87 million km2 (0.171 Earths) | ||||||
| Volume | 7.6x1010 km3 (0.0704 Earths) | ||||||
| Mass | 1.4819x1023 kg (0.025 Earths) | ||||||
| Mean density | 1.942 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | 1.43 m/s2 (0.146 g) | ||||||
| Escape velocity | 2.7 km/s | ||||||
| Rotation period | synchronous | ||||||
| Axial tilt | zero | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.43 | ||||||
| Apparent Magnitude | 4.6 | ||||||
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| Atmospheric characteristics | |||||||
| Atmospheric pressure | trace | ||||||
| Oxygen | 100% | ||||||
