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Metis

Moon of Jupiter

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Also known as Jupiter XVI · S / 1979 J3

Orbits: Jupiter
Mass: 120 exagram
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1.ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_parRetrieved 2020-09-05
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Semi-major axis: 128,000 km
Discovered by: Stephen P. Synnott
Discovered: March 4, 1979

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Metis, also known as Jupiter XVI, is the innermost known moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named in 1983 after the Titaness Metis, the first wife of Zeus and the mother of Athena. Additional observations made between early 1996 and September 2003 by the Galileo spacecraft allowed its surface to be imaged.

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Named after: Metis
Site of astronomical discovery: Voyager 1
Albedo: 0.06
Eccentricity: 0.0012
Different from: 9 Metis

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