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Himalia (moon)
| Discovery | |||||||
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| Discovered by | Charles Dillon Perrine[?] | ||||||
| Discovered in | 1904 | Orbital characteristics | |||||
| Mean radius | 11,443,000 km | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.112-0.207 | ||||||
| Orbital period | 250.1d | ||||||
| Inclination | 4.5-51.9° | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Jupiter | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Equatorial diameter | ~170 km | ||||||
| Surface area | km2 | ||||||
| Mass | 6.74×1018 kg | ||||||
| Mean density | 2.6 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | 0.062 m/s2 | ||||||
| Rotation period | ~0.4d | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.04 | ||||||
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Himalia (pronounced "hih MAL yuh") is a moon of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine[?] at the Lick Observatory in 1904 and is named after the nymph Himalia who bore three sons of Zeus.
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