For comparison, our own Moon is about 1,737 kilometers across. Even then, Amalthea is the largest of Jupiter's jovian moons or the irregularly-shaped moons that orbit Jupiter most closely.

The spacecraft’s most recent dispatch is from its 66th perijove, completed on October 23, which also took Juno close to ...

The moon, discovered by Barnard, orbits Jupiter within the orbit of Io and was named Amalthea after the nymph who, according to Greek mythology, fed Zeus with goat's milk in his childhood. Images ...

(CNN) --The Galileo spacecraft resumed normal operations on Friday, the day after it unexpectedly shut down while darting dangerously close to Jupiter and its most volatile moon. The aging robot ...

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NASA’s Juno probe captured vibrant, high-contrast images of Jupiter’s stormy atmosphere and an up-close view of its moon, Amalthea, during the spacecraft’s 66th flyby on October 23.