TABLE 5-3 Principal Moons of Jupiter (Problems 62 and 63) Mean distance Mass (kg) (Earth days) from Jupiter (km) Period Мoon Io 8.9 × 1022 1.77 422 x 103 Europa 4.9 × 1022 3.55 671 × 103 х 1022 X 1022 Ganymede 15 7.16 1070 × 103 Callisto 11 16.7 1883 × 103

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