Metis
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Metis is a moon orbiting Jupiter.
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Key facts
Mass (est.)
3.75 × 10¹⁶ kg
0.00000051 Moon masses
Radius
21.5 km
1% of our Moon's radius
Surface gravity
0.00541 m/s²
0% of Earth's
Orbit around Jupiter
7.2 hours
0.30 Earth days
Science
Physical
- Mass (estimated)
- 3.75 × 10¹⁶ kg · 0.00000051 Moon masses
- Radius
- 21.5 km · 1% of our Moon's radius
- Surface gravity
- 0.00541 m/s² · 0% of Earth's
- Escape velocity
- 15.2 m/s · 0% of Earth's
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 1,201,140 km
- Orbital period
- 7.17 hours
- Eccentricity
- 0.00742
- Inclination
- 25.50 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0357 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- Voyager Science Team
Metis 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.