According to recent findings, Amalthea appears to radiate out more heat than it receives from the sun, which NASA suggests may be due to Jupiter\u2019s magnetic field or tidal stresses.<\/span><\/p>\n
What is Amalthea?<\/b><\/h5>\nSource: Astronomy.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The moon <\/span>Amalthea is one of Jupiter\u2019s 53 named satellites. <\/b>It was the first to be discovered after the four Galilean moons, and it is the fifth-largest overall.<\/span><\/p>\n
Discovered by:<\/b> Astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard <\/span>discovered<\/span> Amalthea in 1892 while astronomer Camille Flammarion suggested the name Amalthea after the Greek mythological figure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Characteristics of Amalthea<\/b><\/h5>\n
In terms of proximity to Jupiter, Amalthea is the planet\u2019s third moon \u2014 it takes just 12 hours to make a full orbit.<\/span><\/p>\n
Amalthea also contributes to one of the <\/span>Gossamer Rings of Jupiter<\/b> \u2014 the Amalthea Gossamer Ring \u2014 which is the faint innermost Gossamer ring of the planet. The Gossamer Rings are outside the main Jovian ring.<\/span><\/p>\n
Amalthea is tidally locked to Jupiter in synchronous rotation<\/b> \u2014 it always aligns with the planet along its long axis.<\/span><\/p>\n
Major missions to Amalthea<\/b><\/h5>\n
Only two missions have visited Amalthea: <\/span>Voyager and Galileo<\/b>. Both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft photographed the Jovian moon during their flybys in 1979.<\/span><\/p>\n
Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Amalthea: Jupiter\u2019s unusual inner moon<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published<\/span> in <\/span>Space <\/b>on<\/span> 14th May 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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