Himalia
Himalia is a moon of Jupiter.
New Horizons LORRI observations of Jupiter's moon Himalia
Facts About Himalia:
- Himalia is the largest irregularly-shaped satellite of Jupiter, and the fifth-largest moon of Jupiter.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Jupiter)
Names: Himalia, Jupiter VI
Discovered: 1904 by Charles Dillon Perrine
Naming: Named after the nymph Himalia, mother to three sons of Zeus/Jupiter.
Magnitude: 14.6000 (app) 7.9000 (abs)
Diameter: 170 km
Mass: 4.2 kg
Orbital Period: 248.2900
Eccentricity: 0.15378600
Albedo: 0.0570
Volume: 2600000 km3
Density: 2.6000 g/cm3
Surface Area: 91000 km2
Surface Gravity: 0.0060 g
Escape Velocity: 0.1000 km/s
Adjective: Himalian