Adrastea
Adrastea is a small moon orbiting Jupiter.
Adrastea photographed by the Galileo space probe.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell University
Facts About Adrastea:
- Adrastea is the second moon from Jupiter.
- It is the smallest of the four inner moons.
- It was discovered in photographs taken by the Voyager 2 space probe in 1979. It was the first moon to be discovered from images taken by a space probe, rather than a telescope.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Jupiter)
Names: Adrastea, Jupiter XV
Discovered: 1979 by David C. Jewitt, G Edward Danielson