Metis
Metis information
Average distance
from
Jupiter
:
128100 km (0.0009
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
30 km (
Diameter
: 60 km)
Mass
:
90000000000000000 kg
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
0.294780 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.001
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
0.021 degrees
Metis, Jupiter XVI
Metis
Metis was a Titaness who was the first wife of Zeus (Jupiter).
Discovered by Synnott in 1979 (Voyager 1).
Metis and Adrastea lie within Jupiter's main ring. They may be the source of the material comprising the ring.
Small satellites within a planet's rings are sometimes called 'mooms'.
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Discovered by Stephen Synnott (Voyager 2) in 1979
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