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THE INNER SATELLITES OF JUPITER :

ADRASTEA (J-15)



CrEdit : NASA/C. J. Hamilton


Adrastea (Jupiter XV) was discovered by Jewitt and Danielson in 1979 from the Voyager spacecraft images.

Characteristics Values
distance to Jupiter  129 000 km 
average size  40 km 
visual magnitude   19.1 
revolution period 7 hours
orbital velocity 31 km/s
inclination of the orbit  
of Jupiter's equator inclination of the orbit		 0.027°
Eccentricity of the orbit 0.005
density (water=1)  ? 
Escape velocity 14 m/s
reflectivity (geometric albedo ) 0.05

Origine of the name : click here.