Moon
Amalthea
Amalthea is a small, reddish inner moon of Jupiter orbiting closer to the planet than the Galilean moons.
- Type
- Moon
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Connections
- 1
NASA/JPL/Cornell University · NASA media (public domain)
- Type: Moon
- Domain: Scientific connections
Experience system V6
Satellite world profile
A moon-first layout that links the body to its parent planet, orbital context, geology, and mission evidence when available.
- 01
Observe
NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.
- 02
Measure
Numerical fields come from the typed Solar System catalog and are omitted when not available.
- 03
Locate
Child of Jupiter.
- 04
Connect
1 graph relation shape the knowledge viewport.
- Object type
- Moon
- Graph relations
- 1
- Verified sources
- 2
- Image records
- 3
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Status
- Graph entity
Scientific map
Orbit context
- Primary orbital anchor
- Jupiter
- Measured orbit field
- Orbital distance not recorded in this graph record
Original SVG diagram
Interior and field cues
- Atmosphere
- Not recorded
- Mean temperature
- Not recorded
- Gravity
- Not recorded
- Magnetic field
- Not recorded
Visual knowledge graph
Relationships, not isolated facts
This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.
- Child ofJupiter
Image provenance
Photography as evidence
Amalthea, A Rubble-Pile Moon
NASA/JPL/Cornell University · NASA media (public domain)
NASA's Juno Mission Spots Jupiter's Tiny Moon Amalthea
Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Gerald Eichstädt · NASA media (public domain)
Jovian Moon Shadow
Enhanced Image by Gerald Eichstadt and Sean Doran (CC BY-NC-SA) based on images provided Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS · NASA media (public domain)
Continue the atlas
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Jupiter orbiter · NASA · launched 1989.
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moonGanymede
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moonIo
Io is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter and is intensely volcanic.
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2005-05-31
Gallery
Jovian Moon Shadow
Jupiter's moon Amalthea casts a shadow on the gas giant planet in this image captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft.
2017
Enhanced Image by Gerald Eichstadt and Sean Doran (CC BY-NC-SA) based on images provided Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS · NASA media (public domain)
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
moon:amalthea- Type
- Moon
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
- 1
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/moon:amalthea
Scientific quality
Partial3 of 6 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Complete
- Relationship coverage
- Partial
- Review coverage
- None
- Citation coverage
- None
- Image coverage
- Complete
- Timeline coverage
- Not applicable
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
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Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.