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Amalthea

Amalthea (ăm"ulthē'u) [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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