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Image 3 Jupiter and Ganymede Camera: Meade LPI Telescope: Meade LX200 14" Prime focus Tenby Observatory, Coonabarabran. 2005

Image 4 Jupiter Camera: Meade LPI Telescope: Meade LX200 14" Prime focus Tenby Observatory, Coonabarabran. 2005

Image 1 Jupiter and Io Camera: Meade LPI Telescope: Meade LX200 14" Prime focus, 2x barlow Tenby Observatory, Coonabarabran. September 2006

Common Name: Jupiter Other Names: RA: Dec Constellation: Distance: 750 million Km from Sun Magnitude: Telescope: Meade LX200GPS 14" Camera: Canon 300D Filters: nil Exposure: Date: 2005 Where: Tenby Observatory, Coonabarabran Lat: 31 16 35.05 S, Long 149 11 33.99 E, Elevation 547metres Notes: Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun and the largest in our Solar System. Some Stats Max Distance from Sun: 508 million km Min Distance from Sun: 460 million km Eccentricity: 0.0483 Mean orbital speed: 13.1km/sec Orbital Period: 12 years Rotation Period: 9.8 hours Inclination to orbit: 3 degrees Inclination to ecliptic: Diameter: 142,8000km Mass: 318 Earths Density: 1.326g/cubic cm Escape velocity: Surface gravity: (Earth = 1) Albedo: 0.52 Temperature at cloud tops: -150 degrees C Moons: 60 and still counting.