Amalthea Amalthea. V satellite of Jupiter, closest to the planet. Diameter about 140 km, i = 0.04° e = 0.0028, P = 0.498 days. Discovered by Barnard in 1892.. Jupiter V" redirects here. For the story

Amalthea was discovered on September 9, 1892 by Edward Emerson Barnard. She bears the name of the nymph (or goat) Amalthea from ancient Greek mythology; Amaltheia. The nurse of the infant Zeus after his

AMALTHEA Amalthea, whose second name is “the fifth satellite of Jupiter, due to its relatively small size and close proximity to Jupiter (Amalthea is at a distance of 181366 km) satellite, differs from