Metis
Metis (Natural satellite). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. Metis, also known as Jupiter XVI, is the innermost known moon of Jupiter.
Metis, also known as Jupiter XVI, is the innermost known moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named in 1983 after the Titaness Metis, the first wife of Zeus and the mother of Athena. Additional observations made between early 1996 and September 2003 by the Galileo spacecraft allowed its surface to be imaged.
- Type: Natural satellite
- Orbiting: Jupiter
- Diameter: 43 km
- Orbital period: 7.1 hours