Adrastea
A small satellite of Jupiter having an orbital radius of 80,140 milesand radial dimensions of 7,6, and 5 miles. Also known as Jupiter XV. | ||||
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Adrastea
Adrastea may refer to:
- Adrasteia, daughter of Melisseus, King of Helicon in western Boeotia. She and her sister Ide (Ida) were the nurses of Zeus.
- Adrasteia, goddess of necessity, and daughter of Zeus (Jupiter) and Ananke.
- Adrasteia, a mountain goddess worshipped in Phrygia
- Adrastea (moon), the second of Jupiter's known moons
- Adrastea was an informal name borne by Jupiter XII (now Ananke) from 1955 to 1975
- 239 Adrastea, an asteroid
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