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113 Amalthea

Index 113 Amalthea

113 Amalthea is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Amalthea (moon), Amalthea (mythology), Arjuna asteroid, Asteroid, Asteroid belt, Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory, Degree (angle), Flora family, Greek mythology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Julian day, Julian year (astronomy), Jupiter, Minor-planet moon, Moons of Jupiter, Natural satellite, Neal Stephenson, Occultation, Olivine, Robert Luther, Rotation period (astronomy), S-type asteroid, Seveneves, 4 Vesta, 9 Metis.

  2. Astronomical objects discovered in 1871
  3. Discoveries by Robert Luther

Amalthea (moon)

Amalthea is a moon of Jupiter.

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Amalthea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Amalthea or Amaltheia (Ancient Greek) is the most-frequently mentioned foster-mother of Zeus.

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Arjuna asteroid

The Arjuna asteroids (also known as "Arjunas") are a dynamical group of asteroids in the Solar System.

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Asteroid

An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System.

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Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.

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Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory

The Sternwarte Düsseldorf (a.k.a. Sternwarte Bilk, Sternwarte Charlottenruhe; Bilk Observatory or Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory in English) in Düsseldorf-Bilk was a private observatory founded in 1843 by Johann Friedrich Benzenberg.

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Degree (angle)

A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle in which one full rotation is 360 degrees.

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Flora family

The Flora family (adj. Florian;; also known as the Ariadne family) is a prominent family of stony asteroids located in the inner region of the asteroid belt. 113 Amalthea and Flora family are Flora asteroids.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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Julian day

The Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian period, and is used primarily by astronomers, and in software for easily calculating elapsed days between two events (e.g. food production date and sell by date).

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Julian year (astronomy)

In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a or aj) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Minor-planet moon

A minor-planet moon is an astronomical object that orbits a minor planet as its natural satellite.

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Moons of Jupiter

There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits.

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Natural satellite

A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite).

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Neal Stephenson

Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction.

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Occultation

An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them.

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Olivine

The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula.

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Robert Luther

Karl Theodor Robert Luther (16 April 1822, Świdnica – 15 February 1900 Düsseldorf), normally published as Robert Luther, was a German astronomer. 113 Amalthea and Robert Luther are Discoveries by Robert Luther.

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Rotation period (astronomy)

In astronomy, the rotation period or spin period of a celestial object (e.g., star, planet, moon, asteroid) has two definitions.

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S-type asteroid

S-type asteroids are asteroids with a spectral type that is indicative of a siliceous (i.e. stony) mineralogical composition, hence the name.

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Seveneves

Seveneves is a science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson published in 2015.

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4 Vesta

Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of. 113 Amalthea and 4 Vesta are minor planet object articles (numbered) and named minor planets.

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9 Metis

Metis (minor planet designation: 9 Metis) is one of the larger main-belt asteroids. 113 Amalthea and 9 Metis are Flora asteroids, minor planet object articles (numbered), named minor planets and s-type asteroids (Tholen).

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See also

Astronomical objects discovered in 1871

Discoveries by Robert Luther

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113_Amalthea

Also known as (113) Amalthea, A871 EA, Amalthea (asteroid), S/2017 (113) 1.