Abstract Voyager's photographs show a highly prolated and asymmetrical Amalthea. We tried to fit these data into the equations for an approximately equipotential surface and conclude that its density must be 1.8g cm−3 if it is formed on a synchronous orbit around Jupiter.
On the shape of Amalthea
Advances in Space Research ; 1 , 8 ; 191-197
1981-01-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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