Keith Cooper is a freelance science journalist and editor in the United Kingdom, and has a degree in physics and astrophysics from the University of Manchester.
NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the elusive fifth moon of Jupiter transiting the giant planet's Great Red Spot, giving astronomers a rare view of this small but intriguing natural satellite., each of which is several thousand kilometers wide. Jupiter's fifth moon to be discovered, and the fifth-largest of the planet's 95 known moons, is. It was found in 1892 by Edward Emerson Barnard, an American astronomer who was an outstanding visual observer.
Juno spotted Amalthea as a tiny black speck set first against one of Jupiter's ruddy, dark cloud belts and then transiting theIn fact, Amalthea has the third-shortest orbit of any of Jupiter's moons, revolving around the giant planet every 0.5 Earth days on the inside track relative to volcanic Io's orbit. It shines at+14, and with it being so close to the glare of Jupiter, Barnard did an incredible job discovering it. Suffice it to say, Juno's task is much easier.
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