Amalthea is an irregular, reddish moon of Jupiter, the fifth to be discovered. It was found by the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard using the large refracting telescope at Lick Observatory in California. It remains the last moon of any planet to have been discovered by direct visual observation through a telescope instead of by photography or spacecraft. Amalthea orbits close to Jupiter, inside the orbits of the Galilean moons, and is thought to produce dust that feeds Jupiter's faint gossamer rings. The Voyager probes and especially the Galileo spacecraft gave better views of its elongated, cratered surface.
Before and after
- 23 July 1892Birth of Haile Selassie I
- 23 July 1892Founding of International Skating Union
- 15 August 1892Birth of Louis de Broglie
- 24 August 1892Construction of Goodison Park
- 9 September 1892Discovery of Amalthea
- 10 September 1892Birth of Arthur Holly Compton
- 10 October 1892Birth of Ivo Andrić
- 6 November 1892Discovery of Comet Holmes
- 4 December 1892Birth of Francisco Franco
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- 7 August 1839Founding of Pulkovo Observatory
- 10 October 1845Founding of United States Naval Academy
- 16 July 1862Discovery of Comet Swift–Tuttle
- 3 April 1867Discovery of Tempel 1
The era
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