Adrastea
Adrastea information
Average distance
from
Jupiter
:
128900 km (0.0009
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
13 x 10 x 8 km km (
Diameter
: 26 km)
Mass
:
20000000000000000 kg
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
0.30 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.002
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
0.027 degrees
Adrastea, Jupiter XV
Adrastea
Adrastea, the distributor of rewards and punishments, was the daughter of Jupiter and Ananke.
Discovered by graduate student David Jewitt (working under Danielson) in 1979 (Voyager 1).
Metis and Adrastea orbit inside the synchronous orbit radius and inside the Roche limit. They may be small enough to avoid tidal disruption but their orbits will eventually decay.
Adrastea is one of the smallest moons in the solar system.
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Discovered by D. Jewitt & E. Danielson (Voyager 2) in 1979
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