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Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter

Adrastea
Amalthea
Thebe

Amalthea from Galileo orbiter, taken in November 1999. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell University
Classification
Natural satellite of Jupiter
Average distance from Jupiter
181,366 km
112,695 miles
Diameter across equator
167 km
104 miles
Time to orbit Jupiter
12 hours
Year of Discovery
1892
Origin of Name
Foster-mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as a goat. The first moon of Jupiter to be discovered after the Galilean satellites almost 300 years earlier and the last to be found by traditional observation through a telescope. It officially received its n

Amalthea is the third closest moon to Jupiter. It is one of Jupiter's four inner moons which are the four closest moons to Jupiter. Amalthea is the largest of these moons and the fifth largest moon of Jupiter overall.

Adrastea
Amalthea
Thebe
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