Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Jupiter |
| Object Description: |
Planet |
| Diameter: |
The planet has a diameter of roughly 89,000 (143,000 km) at the equator. |
| Average Distance |
The semi-major axis of Jupiter's orbit about the Sun is 5.2 astronomical units or roughly 483 million miles (778 million km). |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
February 13, 17, 18, 1995 |
| Exposure Time: |
55 minutes |
| Filters: |
F410N (Strömgren v), F555W (V), F673N ([S II]) |
| Principal Astronomers: |
R. Beebe and A. Simon (NMSU), G. Orton (JPL), P. Gierasch (Cornell University), K. Rages (NASA Ames Research Center), A. Ingersoll (Caltech), J. Pollack (NASA Ames Research Center), C. Cunningham (ISTS), M Belton (NOAO). |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, R. Beebe, and A. Simon (NMSU) |
| Release Date: |
March 31, 1995 |
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