Discovery and observations Adrastea (moon)

discovery image of adrastea, taken on july 8, 1979, voyager 2. adrastea fainter dot, in middle, straddling line of jovian rings.

adrastea discovered david c. jewitt , g. edward danielson in voyager 2 probe photographs taken on july 8, 1979, , received designation s/1979 j 1. although appeared dot, first moon discovered interplanetary spacecraft. after discovery, 2 other of inner moons of jupiter (thebe , metis) observed in images taken few months earlier voyager 1. galileo spacecraft able determine moon s shape in 1998, images remain poor. in 1983, adrastea officially named after greek nymph adrastea, daughter of zeus , lover ananke.

although juno orbiter, arrived @ jupiter in 2016, has camera called junocam, entirely focused on observations of jupiter itself. however, if goes should able capture limited images of jupiter moons metis , adrastea.