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Amalthea (ăm'əlthē`ə), in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter Amalthea (diameter: 117 mi/189 km), a small, elongated satellite discovered (1892) by Edward Barnard , probably results from a coating of sulfur particles ejected from Io. Metis (diameter: 25 mi/40 km), Adrastea (diameter: 12 mi/20 km), and ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Those moves will save NASA some $750 thousand, but they mean that
when Galileo flies within 500 km of the inner Jovian moon Amalthea in
November, it will be blind. In November 2002, Galileo will venture closer to Jupiter than
ever before, coming within 500 km of its tiny moon Amalthea, which is
less than one-tenth Io's size. As it neared Io, the craft also captured
portraits of Metis, Amalthea, and Thebe, three of Jupiter's small,
innermost moons. |
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