Amalthea
Amalthea is the third moon from its parent planet Jupiter.
Facts About Amalthea:
- Amalthea is the largest of the inner moons of Jupiter.
- It was the fifth moon of Jupiter to be discovered.
- It has an irregular (non-spherical) shaped and a reddish colour.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Jupiter)
Names: Amalthea, Jupiter V
Discovered: 1892 by Edward Emerson Barnard
Naming: Named after Amalthea, a foster-mother of Zeus
Magnitude: 14.1000 (app)
Diameter: 167 km
Mass: 2.08e+18 kg
Axial Tilt: 0.0000 °
Orbit Radius: 181,365.84 km
Orbital Period: 11 hours, 57 min, 23 sec
Orbital Speed: 26.5700 km/s
Eccentricity: 0.00300000
Albedo: 0.0900
Volume: 2430000 km3
Density: 0.8570 g/cm3
Surface Gravity: 0.0020 g
Escape Velocity: 0.0580 km/s
Adjective: Amalthean