Jupiter XVI - 1979J3
| Metis Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Stephen Synnott |
| Date of discovery | 1979 |
| Mass (kg) | 9.56e+16 |
| Mass (Earth = 1) | 1.5997e-08 |
| Equatorial radius (km) | 20 |
| Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 3.1358e-03 |
| Mean density (gm/cm^3) | 2.8 |
| Mean distance from Jupiter (km) | 127,969 |
| Rotational period (days) | ? |
| Orbital period (days) | 0.294779 |
| Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | 31.57 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0000 |
| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 0.0000 |
| Escape velocity (km/sec) | 0.0253 |
| Visual geometric albedo | 0.05 |
| Magnitude (Vo) | 17.5 |