Amalthea

Proper noun

Meaning

(Greek mythology) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.

(astronomy) The third most distant moon of Jupiter.

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After many subsequent playback and cooling cycles, the complete transmission back to Earth of all recorded Amalthea flyby data was successful. Source: Internet

Amalthea is the second of two sisters, and thus the one to leave, which she doesn't find amusing at all. Source: Internet

Since she instead gave the infant Zeus to Adamanthea to nurse in a cave on a mountain in Crete, it is clear that Adamanthea is a doublet of Amalthea. Source: Internet

However, this time Amalthea was on the other side of the planet, so it is probable that the particles form a ring around the planet near Amalthea's orbit. Source: Internet

Now Amalthea had as a pet a certain goat which is said to have nursed Jove. Source: Internet

Simulated view of Jupiter from Amalthea. Source: Internet

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