Thebe
Thebe information
Average distance
from
Jupiter
:
221900 km (0.0015
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
55 x 45 km km (
Diameter
: 110 km)
Mass
:
800000000000000000 kg
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
0.6745 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.018
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
1.070 degrees
Thebe, Jupiter XIV
Thebe
Thebe was a nymph, daughter of the river god Asopus.
Discovered by Synnott in 1979 (Voyager 1).
The image above shows Thebe's leading side which has three or four large (compared to Thebe's size) craters. The image at left shows the trailing side.
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Discovered by Stephgen Synnott (Voyager 2) in 1979
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