Adrastea or Jupiter XV, is the second closest moon to Jupiter. It was found by David C. Jewitt and G. Edward Danielson in Voyager 2 probe photographs taken in 1979 and received the designation S/1979 J 1. In 1983, it was named after the mythological Adrastea, who was a daughter of Jupiter and Ananke.
Adrastea was the first moon to be found from images taken by an interplanetary spacecraft, rather than through telescopic photography.
A: Adrastea is a moon and is the second closest moon to Jupiter.
A: Adrastea was discovered by David C. Jewitt and G. Edward Danielson in Voyager 2 probe photographs taken in 1979.
A: Adrastea’s designation, S/1979 J 1, indicates that it was the first moon discovered in 1979, as indicated by the “J,” and was the first object discovered orbiting Jupiter, as indicated by the “S.”
A: Adrastea was named in 1983.
A: Adrastea was named after the mythological Adrastea, who was a daughter of Jupiter and Ananke.
A: Adrastea was the first moon to be found from images taken by an interplanetary spacecraft, rather than through telescopic photography.
A: Adrastea was discovered through Voyager 2 probe photographs taken in 1979.
