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Adrastea
Jupiter
XV
Moon
of
Jupiter
Proper Name
Adrastea
Designation
Jupiter
XV
Primary
Planet
Jupiter
Orbital Period
7 hours, 9 minutes
Distance from
Jupiter
Semi-Major Axis
: 128,690 km
Periapsis
: 128,497 km
Apoapsis
: 128,883 km
Eccentricity
0.0015
Rotation Period
7 hours, 9 minutes (synchronous
orbit
)
Mean
Diameter
16.4 km
10.2 miles
Notes
With
Metis
,
Amalthea
and
Thebe
, this is one of four
moons
of
Jupiter
known as the
Amalthea
Group, whose
orbits
lie inside that of
Io
, innermost of the four large
Galilean Moons
. Adrastea is a major source of the material in
Jupiter's
faint
ring system
.
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