Himalia
Himalia (Natural satellite). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. Himalia, also known as Jupiter VI, is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter.
Himalia, also known as Jupiter VI, is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter. With a diameter of around 140 km (90 mi), it is the sixth largest Jovian satellite, after the four Galilean moons and Amalthea. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory on 3 December 1904 and is named after the nymph Himalia, who bore three sons of Zeus. It is the largest member of the Himalia group, a group of moons that orbit in the prograde direction around Jupiter, likely a collisional family originating from a captured asteroid.
- Type: Natural satellite
- Orbiting: Jupiter
- Diameter: 170 km
- Orbital period: 249.9 days