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Amalthea (moon of Jupiter)

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Amalthea is a natural satellite of Jupiter in the NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics planetary satellite tables.

  • Planet: Jupiter
  • Satellite: Amalthea
  • Satellite code: 505
  • GM: 0.16456 ± 0.00867 km³/s² (ephemeris JUP365)
  • Mean Radius: 83.50 ± 3.00 km (reference 1)
  • Mean Density: 1.0111 ± 0.1213 g/cm³ (NASA note: Mean Density is derived from the specified GM and Mean Radius.)
  • Ephemeris: JUP365
  • Reference frame: Laplace
  • Epoch (TDB): 2000-01-01.5
  • Semi-major axis a: 181400. km
  • Eccentricity e: 0.003
  • Argument of periapsis ω: 180.1 deg
  • Mean anomaly M: 310.6 deg
  • Inclination i: 0.4 deg
  • Longitude of ascending node: 282.9 deg
  • Sidereal period P: 0.499918 days
  • Argument of periapsis precession period: 0.196 yr
  • Longitude of ascending node precession period: 0.393 yr
  • Laplace-plane pole right ascension: 268.1 deg
  • Laplace-plane pole declination: 64.5 deg
  • Laplace-plane tilt: 0.0 deg
  • Mean elements reference: 29

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