Thebe, a moon of Jupiter
Thebe from Galileo orbiter, taken on 4th January 2000. Edited from original, image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell University
Classification
Natural satellite of Jupiter
Average distance from Jupiter
221,889 km
137,875 miles
137,875 miles
Diameter across equator
99 km
61 miles
61 miles
Time to orbit Jupiter
16 hours
Year of Discovery
1979
Origin of Name
Thebe appears in many Greek myths with differing identities. She could be a nymph (a nature spirit) who was a lover a Zeus, the Greek ruler of the gods and equivalent to the Roman gods Jupiter. Other myths have her as one of Zeus? daughters. Thebe got its
