Adrastea

E642758

Adrastea is a small inner moon of Jupiter that orbits close to the planet’s rings and helps supply them with material.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Adrastea canonical 3
Adrastea (moon) 1
Himalia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inner moon of Jupiter ⓘ
irregularly shaped body ⓘ
moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
alternativeName Jupiter XV ⓘ
belongsToCountryOfDiscovery United States ⓘ
belongsToGroup inner Jovian moons ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system ⓘ
Jupiter system ⓘ
celestialBody moon ⓘ
density about 0.86 g/cm³ ⓘ
dimensions about 20 × 16 × 14 km ⓘ
discoveredBy David C. Jewitt ⓘ
G. Edward Danielson ⓘ
Voyager 2 imaging team ⓘ
discoveredBySpacecraft Voyager 2 ⓘ
discoveryDate 1979 ⓘ
discoveryMethod spacecraft imaging ⓘ
equilibriumTemperature very low ⓘ
hasNoSignificantAtmosphere true ⓘ
helpsSupplyMaterialTo Jupiter’s main ring ⓘ
Jupiter’s ring system ⓘ
IAUDesignation Jupiter XV ⓘ
isCloserToJupiterThan Amalthea ⓘ
isSmallerThan Amalthea ⓘ
Earth’s Moon ⓘ
linked to: the Moon
isTidalLockedTo Jupiter ⓘ
liesWithin Jupiter’s ring region ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
likelyComposition water ice and rock ⓘ
meanOrbitalRadius 129000 km ⓘ
meanRadius about 8.2 km ⓘ
namedAfter Adrasteia ⓘ
namedAfterFrom Greek mythology ⓘ
namedAfterRole a nymph who nursed the infant Zeus ⓘ
observedBy Galileo spacecraft ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod 0.298 day ⓘ
about 7.2 hours ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
orbitsDirection prograde ⓘ
orbitsNear Jupiter’s main ring ⓘ
parentPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
semiMajorAxis 129000 km ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
surfaceColor dark ⓘ
surfaceEscapeVelocity very low ⓘ
synchronousRotation true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jovian satellite system → hasMember → Himalia ⓘ
linked to: Adrastea
Mark R. Showalter → discovered → Jupiter moon Adrastea ⓘ
linked to: Adrastea
Thebe → innerNeighbor → Adrastea ⓘ
Stephen P. Synnott → discovered → Adrastea (moon) ⓘ
linked to: Adrastea