Himalia
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Himalia — moon of Jupiter.
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Key facts
Mass (est.)
2.27 × 10¹⁸ kg
0.0000309 Moon masses
Radius
85 km
5% of our Moon's radius
Surface gravity
0.021 m/s²
0% of Earth's
Orbit around Jupiter
252 Earth days
Science
Physical
- Mass (estimated)
- 2.27 × 10¹⁸ kg · 0.0000309 Moon masses
- Radius
- 85 km · 5% of our Moon's radius
- Surface gravity
- 0.021 m/s² · 0% of Earth's
- Escape velocity
- 59.7 m/s · 1% of Earth's
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 11,767,319 km
- Orbital period
- 251.7 days
- Eccentricity
- 0.1545
- Inclination
- 49.33 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0359 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- C.D. Perrine
Himalia was discovered in 1904 by C.D. Perrine. 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.
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