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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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