Himalia
Jupiter VI

Himalia [hih-MAL-yuh] is the tenth known satellite of Jupiter. Himalia was a nymph who bore three sons of Zeus (Jupiter). Very little is known about Himalia.

Himalia Statistics
Discovered by | C. Perrine
Date of discovery | 1904
Mass (kg) | 9.56e+18
Mass (Earth = 1) | 1.5997e-06
Equatorial radius (km) | 93
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 1.4581e-02
Mean density (gm/cm^3) | 2.8
Mean distance from Jupiter (km) | 11,480,000
Rotational period (days) | 0.4
Orbital period (days) | 250.5662
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | 3.34
Orbital eccentricity | 0.1580
Orbital inclination (degrees) | 27.63
Escape velocity (km/sec) | 0.117
Visual geometric albedo | 0.03
Magnitude (Vo) | 14.84

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