Moon of Jupiter — an irregular, distant moon
Himalia
A moon of Jupiter.
At Jupiter.
Measured
- Mean radius
- 85 km
- Goes round once every
- 250 days
- Distance from Jupiter
- about 11,439,000 km (its orbit's average)
- Orbit
- inclined 28.4°, eccentricity 0.160
- JPL / NAIF id
- 506
How far, from the Earth
About 5.27 AU. To cross it:
- Light44 minutes
- Voyager 1's speed17.8 months
- Driving at 100 km/h899 years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Where this comes from
- Moons: JPL Planetary Satellite Mean Elements and Physical Parameters, paced to JPL Horizons. NASA/JPL-Caltech. Sizes JPL leaves out are estimates, mostly from brightness: Scott Sheppard's moon pages at Carnegie.
Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.