Galileo's Farewell Tour 👋 #OTD in 2002, the Galileo spacecraft flew by Jupiter's moon Amalthea marking the probe's last moon flyby. What it discovered about the red, irregularly-shaped moon was a surprise: Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble! Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3fk3BJW #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1588984501803384833#m
Icy Jupiter Moon Throws a Curve Ball at Formation Theories
Scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft have found that Jupiter's moon Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble less dense than water.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)