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'''Amalthea''' is an inner irregular satellite of [[Jupiter]], measuring 250 km across and is noted for its red color.
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Amalthea was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard on 9 September 1892, named after a nymph in Greek mythology.
  
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Discovery              E. E. Barnard, 9 September 1892<br>
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Amalthea
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[[Primary body]]          Jupiter<br>
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[[Periapsis]]              181150 km<br>
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Amalthea-jupiterizip.jpg|240px]]
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[[Apoapsis]]               182840 km<br>
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[[Mean orbit radius]]      181365.84 km<br>
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Amalthea from jupiter_i.zip in Orbiter 2002'''
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[[Eccentricity]]           0.00319<br>
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[[Orbital period]]        11h57m23s (0.49817943d)<br>
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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[[Average orbital speed]]  26.57 km/s<br>
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[[Inclination]]            0.374° (to Jupiter's equator)<br>
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|Name||align="right"|Amalthea
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'''PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS'''<br>
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Dimensions            250×146×128 km<br>
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Jupiter]]
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[[Mean radius]]            83.5 km<br>
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[[Volume ]]                2.43×10<sup>6</sup> km<sup>3</sup><br>
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[[Mass]]                 2.08×10<sup>18</sup> kg<br>
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[[Mean density]]           0.857 g/cm<sup>3</sup><br>
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|1976.606435
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[[Surface gravity]]       0.02 m/s<sup>2</sup><br>
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[[Escape velocity]]        0.058 km/s<br>
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|181300000 m
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[[Rotation period]]       synchronous<br>
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[[Axial tilt]]           zero<br>
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0003
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[[Albedo]]                0.09 <br>
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Mean surface temperature  120°K<br>
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.4° <br> (0.0069813 radian)
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Apparent [[magnitude]] from Earth 14.1<br>
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|112.3003008° <br> (1.96001 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|60.00014031° <br> (1.0472 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|36.90421158° <br> (0.6441 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|101000 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|7.17×10<sup>18</sup> kg
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|43042.7 seconds (11.9563 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Amalthea.cfg (jupiter_i.zip)
 
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'''Amalthea (Jupiter V)''' is an inner irregular [[natural satellites|moon]] of [[Jupiter]], measuring 250 km across and is noted for its red color. Amalthea was discovered by [[w:Edward Emerson Barnard|E E Bernard]] on 9 September 1892, named after a nymph in Greek mythology. This was the last moon to be discovered by direct observation. All others after were discovered photographically or digital imaging.
 
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== Amalthea in Orbiter ==
 
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Amalthea was introduced to [[Orbiter]] with the add-on ''jupiter_i.zip'' released in October 2002.
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Amalthea'''</center>
 
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
 
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=jupiter_i.zip&Author=&CatID=root Jupiter I]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||25 October 2002||||
 
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== See also ==
 
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[[w:Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
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== Gallery ==
 
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<gallery>
 
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Amalthea-jupiterizip.jpg|<center>Amalthea from ''jupiter_i.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
 
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Amalthea (moon).png|<center>Amalthea as seen by [[w:|Voyager 1|Voyager 1]] on 5 March 1979,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
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</gallery>
 
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[[Category: Articles]]
 
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[[Category: Celestial bodies]]
 
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[[Category: Natural satellites]]
 
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[[Category: Satellites of Jupiter]]
 
[[Category: Satellites of Jupiter]]
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