AMALTHEA
Amalthea, whose second name is “the fifth satellite of Jupiter, due to its relatively small size and close proximity to Jupiter (Amalthea is at a distance of 181366 km) satellite, differs from other regular satellites in several very important ways. Unfortunately, Amalthea is an exceptionally difficult object to observe due to scattered light from nearby Jupiter, this goat is so close to Jupiter that it looks like a huge disk with a diameter of 46 degrees from it. Amalthea has an irregular shape (its long axis is twice the short one), which makes it very similar to an elongated potato, but it is not alone in its shape, the Moons and asteroids have the same shape, the gravitational force of which is not enough to independently transform into a ball. Its surface is dark red in color with noticeable white spots, and it is also dotted with craters. Judging by its low density, Amalthea consists mainly of loose water ice. Since Amalthea rotates synchronously, Jupiter is stationary in its sky, and on the one hand it is never visible. A day on Amalthea is half as long as the earth, and on the side facing the planet every day there is a solar eclipse - the Sun disappears behind Jupiter for an hour and a half. When Amalthea passes over the day side of Jupiter, it illuminates its night side 900 times stronger than the full moon - the Earth. Enclosed within its orbit is the "web ring of Amalthea", formed by dust from its surface.
