Voyager 1 image of Jupiter's satellite Amalthea. The elongated moon is about 162 miles (260 kilometers) long, making it Jupiter's fifth largest after the four Galilean satellites. The bright area at the bottom of the image is the crater Gaea, located near Amalthea's south pole.

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