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Thebe

Jupiter XIV

Proper NameThebe
DesignationJupiter XIV
Primary PlanetJupiter
Family / ClassAmalthea group
Orbital Period16 hours, 11 minutes
Distance from JupiterSemi-Major Axis: 221,900 km
Periapsis: 218,000 km
Apoapsis: 225,800 km
Eccentricity0.0175
Rotation Period16 hours, 11 minutes (synchronous orbit)
Mean Diameter99.3 km
61.7 miles
Thebe

A close view of Jupiter's inner moon Thebe, showing the large crater known as Zethus, which measures some forty kilometres from edge to edge.

Within the orbits of Jupiter's four large Galilean moons, a group of smaller moons orbit much closer to their parent planet. Thebe is the outermost of these, an irregular body averaging about one hundred kilometres in diameter that orbits Jupiter at a distance of about 220,000 kilometres.

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