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Amalthea

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Am·al·the·a  (ml-th)
n.
The satellite of Jupiter that is third in distance from the planet.
[Latin Amaltha, nymph who nursed the infant Jupiter with goat's milk, from Greek Amaltheia.]
Amalthea1
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth
a.  a nymph who brought up the infant Zeus on goat's milk
b.  the goat itself Also Amaltheia
Amalthea2
n
(Astronomy) an inner satellite of Jupiter


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Those moves will save NASA some $750 thousand, but they mean that when Galileo flies within 500 km of the inner Jovian moon Amalthea in November, it will be blind.
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In November 2002, Galileo will venture closer to Jupiter than ever before, coming within 500 km of its tiny moon Amalthea, which is less than one-tenth Io's size.
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As it neared Io, the craft also captured portraits of Metis, Amalthea, and Thebe, three of Jupiter's small, innermost moons.
New views of Jovian moons by R.C. / Science News
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