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Metis is a small moon orbiting Jupiter that was discovered in 1979 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft. It is notable for orbiting closer to Jupiter than any other known moon and for being part of Jupiter's complex system of satellites that scientists study to better understand planetary formation and evolution.
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- Instance of
- regular moon
- Named after
- Metis
- Parent body
- Jupiter
- Mass
- 120
- Image
- Metis.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1979-03-04
- Commons category
- Metis (moon)
- site of astronomical discovery
- Voyager 1
- discoverer or inventor
- Stephen P. Synnott
- albedo
- 0.06
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0012
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 128000
- different from
- 9 Metis
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