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Himalia

Jupiter VI

Proper NameHimalia
DesignationJupiter VI
Primary PlanetJupiter
Family / ClassHimalia group
Orbital Period248 days, 7 hours
Distance from JupiterSemi-Major Axis: 11,441,000 km (0.08 AU)
Periapsis: 9,610,000 km (0.06 AU)
Apoapsis: 13,271,000 km (0.09 AU)
Eccentricity0.1600
Rotation Period7 hours, 47 minutes
Mean Diameter139.6 km
86.7 miles

One of the many moons of Jupiter, Himalia is approximately 140 kilometres in diameter. Its orbit carries it around Jupiter at a distance averaging more than eleven million kilometres, far beyond the bright Galilean moons, but much closer to its parent planet than the most distant Jovian moons like Carme or Pasiphae.

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