Amalthea (Moon)

Amalthea (Moon)

Jupiter's moon Amalthea is extremely irregular in shape and was the last moon in the solar system to be discovered through direct visual observation. It was discovered in 1892 by the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard from the Lick Observatory with a 36-inch refractory telescope.

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