Himalia

Himalia, also known as Jupiter VI, is an irregular outer moon of Jupiter located in the Himalia Group. It is the largest irregular moon of Jupiter, and is the sixth largest overall. It is additionally the largest natural satellite in the Himalia Group, which is named after the moon itself due to its size. The satellite takes approximately 251 days to complete one orbit around Jupiter.
==Discovery==
Himalia was first discovered by Charles D. Perrine using the Crossley Telescope within the Lick Observatory on December 3, 1904. Himalia is Jupiter’s most visible small moon, as it’s located at a relatively distant area from Jupiter and is the sixth largest over all.
==Appearance & Size==
Himalia appears to be an irregular satellite with a large crater on it. It is also likely that colors across Himalia are relatively uniform, seeming to be a light gray color. The highest quality of the satellite is grayscale and pixelated, meaning it’s extremely difficult to determine what it exactly looks like.
Himalia has a diameter of 105.64 miles, which makes it the over all sixth largest moon of Jupiter, behind the Galilean Four and Amalthea.
==Exploration==
Little exploration or interaction with Himalia has been attempted due to the fact that it’s not the center of interest when it comes to Jupiter’s moons. When the Cassini-Huygens and New Horizons spacecrafts passed by Jupiter in 2000 and 2007 respectively, they both took various images of Himalia.
==Orbit==
Himalia’s orbital path is partially inclined and eccentric due to it likely being the result of a collision or capture due to gravity. It takes Himalia roughly 251 days to complete an orbit around Jupiter at a distance of 7.1 million miles, making it the 13th closest planet to Jupiter.
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