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Thebe

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Thebe (thē`bē), 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


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Thebe [′thē·bē]
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A small satellite of Jupiter, having an orbital radius of 137,900 miles (221,900 kilometers), and a radius of 28-34 miles (48-55 kilometers). Also known as Jupiter XIV.


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We went to Thebe the strong city of Eetion, sacked it, and brought hither the spoil.
Grim war and dread battle destroyed a part of them, some in the land of Cadmus at seven- gated Thebe when they fought for the flocks of Oedipus, and some, when it had brought them in ships over the great sea gulf to Troy for rich-haired Helen's sake: there death's end enshrouded a part of them.
 
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