Adrastea
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A·dras·te·a
(ə-drăs'tē-ə) 
n.
The satellite of Jupiter that is second in distance from the planet.
n.
The satellite of Jupiter that is second in distance from the planet.
[Latin Adrāstēa, daughter of Jupiter and distributor of rewards and punishments, from Greek Adrāsteia, so called from an altar erected to her by Adrastos, king of Argos.]
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Adrastea
The second moon of Jupiter, also known as Jupiter XV; it was discovered in 1979 by the American astronomers David Jewitt and G. Edward Danielson from Voyager images. Adrastea measures 23 × 20 × 15 km and orbits 57,300 km above the Jovian cloud-tops, close to the outer edge of Jupiter's ring system. It appears to act as a shepherd moon and, together with Metis, as the source of the material for the rings.
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