Adrastea

Adrastea (pronounced /ˌædrəˈstiːə/ AD-rə-STEE-ə, or as in Greek Αδράστεια), also known as Jupiter XV, is the second by distance, and the smallest of the four inner moons of Jupiter. It was discovered in Voyager 2 probe photographs taken in 1979, making it the first natural satellite to be discovered from images taken by an interplanetary spacecraft, rather than through telescopic photography. It was officially named after the mythological Adraste... more

Astronomy

Orbits:

Orbital Order:

  • 2

Orbit Eccentricity:

  • 0.0015
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