Adrastea
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Adrastea — moon of Jupiter.
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Key facts
Mass (est.)
2.10 × 10¹⁵ kg
0.0000000286 Moon masses
Radius
8.2 km
Surface gravity
0.00208 m/s²
0% of Earth's
Orbit around Jupiter
7.3 hours
0.30 Earth days
Science
Physical
- Mass (estimated)
- 2.10 × 10¹⁵ kg · 0.0000000286 Moon masses
- Radius
- 8.2 km
- Surface gravity
- 0.00208 m/s² · 0% of Earth's
- Escape velocity
- 5.84 m/s · 0% of Earth's
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 1,234,252 km
- Orbital period
- 7.26 hours
- Eccentricity
- 0.007045
- Inclination
- 25.50 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0357 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- Voyager Science Team
Adrastea was discovered in 1979 by Voyager Science Team. Jupiter's moons are named after lovers, daughters and descendants of the god Jupiter (the Greek Zeus). Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.