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Adrastea ![]()
Adrastea, the second innermost satellite of Jupiter was discovered by D. Jewitt and E. Danielson in 1979. The satellite along with Metis lies within Jupiter's main ring and could be the source of the material found in the ring. Because of its closeness to Jupiter, very little is known about this moon. In Greek mythology, Adrastea is the daughter of Jupiter and nanke who is responsible for distributing rewards and punishments.
| PHYSICAL DATA FOR ADRASTEA | |
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| Mass (kg) | 1.91e + 16 |
| Mass (Earth = 1) | 3.1961e - 09 |
| Radius (km) | 12.5 x 10 x 7.5 |
| Radius (Earth = 1) | 1.9599e - 03 |
| Mean Density (g/cm3) | 4.5 |
| Mean Distance from Jupiter (km) | 128,971 |
| Magnitude (V0) | 19.1 |
| ORBITAL DATA FOR ADRASTEA | |
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| Rotational period (days) | ? |
| Orbital period (days) | 0.29826 |
| Mean orbital velocity (km/s) | 31.45 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0000 |
| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 0.0000 |
| Escape (km/s) | 0.0143 |
| Albedo | 0.05 |
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