Himalia
Jupiter VI
Himalia [hih-MAL-yuh] is the tenth known satellite of Jupiter. Himalia was
a nymph who bore three sons of Zeus (Jupiter).
Very little is known about Himalia.
Himalia Statistics
Discovered by C. Perrine
Date of discovery 1904
Mass (kg) 9.56e+18
Mass (Earth = 1) 1.5997e-06
Equatorial radius (km) 93
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) 1.4581e-02
Mean density (gm/cm^3) 2.8
Mean distance from Jupiter (km) 11,480,000
Rotational period (days) 0.4
Orbital period (days) 250.5662
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 3.34
Orbital eccentricity 0.1580
Orbital inclination (degrees) 27.63
Escape velocity (km/sec) 0.117
Visual geometric albedo 0.03
Magnitude (Vo) 14.84
Jupiter
Leda
Lysithea
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