Callisto

Moon

One of the most heavily cratered bodies in the solar system, largely unchanged for billions of years.

Facts

TypeMoon
OrbitsJupiter
Distance from parent body1,882,700 km
Diameter4,821 km
Mass1.08 × 10^23 kg
Surface gravity1.24 m/s²
Temperature-139°C
Orbital period17 days
Apparent magnitude5.6
Redshift0
Discovered1610

Callisto in context

At 4,821 km across, Callisto is 1.4 times the diameter of Earth's Moon.

Its mass is 1.8 percent of the mass of Earth.

It orbits Jupiter at 1,882,700 km, further out than the Moon orbits Earth.

A single orbit takes 16.7 days.

An average temperature of 134 K works out at -139 degrees Celsius, colder than the 15 degrees Earth averages.

It has been on record since 1610.

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