Keyword: Amalthea
Jupiter's Moon Amalthea
2.11.1995
Jupiters Moons Thebe, Amalthea, and Metis
8.05.2000
2.11.1995
Amalthea is Jupiter's fifth largest moon, much smaller than the four Galilean satellites Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. The orbit of Amalthea is inside of these moons, and with its long axis always pointing toward Jupiter. It's dark surface color is probably due to sulfur being expelled from Io.
Jupiters Moons Thebe, Amalthea, and Metis
8.05.2000
The robot spacecraft Galileo in orbit around Jupiter has recently photographed the inner moons of Jupiter in greater detail than ever before. These pictures of Thebe, Amalthea, and Metis are shown to scale, and reveal details as small as three kilometers across. Amalthea, by contrast, has a total length of about 200 kilometers.
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