In fact, Amalthea and Adrastea are one of very many satellites in orbit around Jupiter. In total, scientists believe that the planet has 79 moons; 26 of them do not even have official names yet ...

Jupiter has four large moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – with diameters of more than 3000 kilometres. However, as of April 2023, we know it is also home to 91 additional small satellites.

Jupiter's official moons: Names and discovery dates. Here is a list of 57 officially named moons of Jupiter along with details on their discovery, according to NASA.. Adrastea: Discovered in July ...

Their orbits are tilted relative to Jupiter’s equatorial plane by 0.36 and 1.09 degrees. Those would be quite small angles for more distant moons, but closer moons usually have tiny tilts.

Jupiter's four brightest moons — Ganymede, Callisto, Europa and Io — are similar in size to our own moon, and orbit the planet from 1.8 to 16.7 days.

Amalthea is one of four smaller moons that orbit within the path of Jupiter’s Galilean moon Io. The small moons, Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe, are all oddly shaped because they don’t ...

The icy surface of Jupiter 's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. This phenomena, the team explained, is heightened in so-called ...

Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet Not only was the hot spot larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but it also was seen belching out ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a wide-field view where it can see Jupiter's faint rings, and two tiny moons, Amalthea and Adrastea. NASA, ESA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by ...

In fact, Amalthea and Adrastea are one of very many satellites in orbit around Jupiter. When Nasa revealed a stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope, it was Jupiter that stood out.

When Nasa revealed a stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope, it was Jupiter that stood out. While they aren’t exactly clear in the image – it would be impossible to know just by ...