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[10] Lysithea did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as Jupiter X. It was sometimes called "Demeter" [11] from 1955 to 1975. It belongs to the Himalia group, moons orbiting between 11 and 13 Gm from Jupiter at an inclination of about 28.3°. [12] Its orbital elements are as of January 2000.
The adjectival forms of the names of astronomical bodies are not always easily predictable. Attested adjectival forms of the larger bodies are listed below, along with the two small Martian moons; in some cases they are accompanied by their demonymic equivalents, which denote hypothetical inhabitants of these bodies.
Edward Emerson Barnard discovered the moon on 9 September 1892 and named it after Amalthea of Greek mythology. [10] It was the last natural satellite to be discovered by direct visual observation; all later moons were discovered by photographic or digital imaging. Amalthea is in a close orbit around Jupiter and is within the outer edge of the ...
These interesting facts will help you learn more about our planet, movies, languages, and animals. ... Australia is wider than the moon. ... Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
A montage of Jupiter and its four largest moons (distance and sizes not to scale) There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of 5 February 2024. [1] [note 1] This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. [4]
Demeter's absence caused the death of crops, livestock, and eventually of the people who depended on them (later Arcadian tradition held that it was both her rage at Poseidon and her loss of her daughter caused the famine, merging the two myths). [27] Demeter washed away her anger in the River Ladon, becoming Demeter Lousia, the "bathed Demeter ...
Nasa has invited the public to sign a poem that will fly aboard the Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moon in an upcoming mission. In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa a new piece by Poet Laureate ...
Here are 10 interesting facts about Earth Day. Earth Day was created by a senator. Gaylord Nelson, a Democratic senator from Wisconsin, was growing increasingly concerned over the state of the U.S ...