Amalthea circles Jupiter inside Io's orbit and takes half a day on Earth to complete one orbit.
Amalthea has impact craters, hills, and valleys on its surface. Its red coating remains a mystery.
Amalthea is the reddest object in the solar system with a potato-like shape and a long axis of 155 miles (250 kilometers) and a narrowest point of 79 miles (128 km).
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured rare images of Jupiter's moon Amalthea during its 59th close flyby on March 7, 2024.
Scientists believe electric currents induced in Amalthea's core or tidal stresses from Jupiter's gravity may cause its heat.
The first image of Amalthea was taken when Juno was about 165,000 miles (265,000 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops and at a latitude of about 5 degrees north of the equator.
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured rare images of Jupiter's moon Amalthea as it orbited the gas giant planet. The tiny moon, discovered in 1892 by Edward Emerson Barnard, is the reddest object in the solar system and has a potato-like shape with a long axis of 155 miles (250 kilometers) and a narrowest point of 79 miles (128 km).
During Juno's 59th close flyby on March 7, the spacecraft took images of Amalthea transiting Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The moon circles Jupiter inside Io's orbit and takes half a day on Earth to complete one orbit. Scientists believe that electric currents induced in Amalthea's core or tidal stresses from Jupiter's gravity may cause its heat.
The first image of Amalthea was taken when Juno was about 165,000 miles (265,000 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops and at a latitude of about 5 degrees north of the equator. Citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt processed the raw data from JunoCam to enhance the clarity of the images.
Amalthea is an intriguing natural satellite, with impact craters, hills, and valleys on its surface. Its red coating remains a mystery and adds to Jupiter's allure as a fascinating celestial body.
For more information about Juno's findings and other science results, visit NASA's website.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft took images of Jupiter and captured the tiny moon Amalthea as it orbited the planet.
Amalthea is a moon orbiting Jupiter, it is the reddest object in the solar system.
Scientists believe Amalthea’s red color is caused by sulfur from nearby Jovian moon Io.
Images were taken during Juno’s 59th close flyby of Jupiter, about 165,000 miles above its clouds.
Amalthea was first discovered in 1892 by Edward Emerson Barnard.
It takes Amalthea half a day on Earth to circle Jupiter.
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Amalthea is the fifth-largest of Jupiter’s 95 known moons and has modest dimensions with a long axis of 155 miles (250 kilometers) and a narrowest point of 79 miles (128 km).
Amalthea has the third-shortest orbit around Jupiter, revolving every 0.5 Earth days.
Juno provided a good look at Jupiter’s colorful belts and swirling storms, including the Great Red Spot
Two glimpses of the tiny moon Amalthea were revealed in the images
Amalthea circles Jupiter inside Io’s orbit, taking 0.498 Earth days to complete one orbit
Amalthea was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard in 1892.
Amalthea is the fifth-largest of Jupiter’s 95 known moons and has modest dimensions with a long axis of 155 miles (250 kilometers) and a narrowest point of 79 miles (128 km).
Juno spacecraft captured images of Amalthea transiting Jupiter’s Great Red Spot on March 7, 2024.
Amalthea has the third-shortest orbit around Jupiter, revolving every 0.5 Earth days.
Amalthea is the reddest body in the solar system and its red coating remains unknown.
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Amalthea gives out more heat than it receives from the sun.
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The author makes several statements about Amalthea being the reddest object in the solar system and its unusual heat emission. However, these statements are based on NASA's assessment of the moon and not directly observed or proven by the author. Therefore, there is an appeal to authority fallacy. Additionally, there is a dichotomous depiction of Amalthea being both very red and giving out more heat than it receives from the sun without providing any evidence or explanation for this phenomenon.
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