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Amalthea
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- The moon Amalthea is one of Jupiter’s 53 named satellites.
- It was the first to be discovered after the four Galilean moons.
- And it is the fifth-largest overall.
- In terms of proximity to Jupiter, Amalthea is the planet’s third moon.
- It takes just 12 hours to make a full orbit.
- It has only been observed by three spacecraft: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in 1979, and the Galileo spacecraft in 2002.
- Only two missions have visited Amalthea: Voyager and Galileo.
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