Thebe
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Thebe is a moon orbiting Jupiter.
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Key facts
Mass (est.)
4.52 × 10¹⁷ kg
0.00000615 Moon masses
Radius
49.3 km
3% of our Moon's radius
Surface gravity
0.0124 m/s²
0% of Earth's
Orbit around Jupiter
16.3 hours
0.68 Earth days
Science
Physical
- Mass (estimated)
- 4.52 × 10¹⁷ kg · 0.00000615 Moon masses
- Radius
- 49.3 km · 3% of our Moon's radius
- Surface gravity
- 0.0124 m/s² · 0% of Earth's
- Escape velocity
- 35 m/s · 0% of Earth's
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 1,299,919 km
- Orbital period
- 16.26 hours
- Eccentricity
- 0.01536
- Inclination
- 25.71 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0357 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- Voyager Science Team
Thebe 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.