NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew past Jupiter's moon Amalthea in 2002 and found it to be icy rubble less dense than water

Summary

On Nov. 5, 2002, NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by the small Jupiter moon Amalthea and made a surprising discovery. Space.com, in its 'On this day in space' feature, reported that the flyby found the moon to be a 'pile of icy rubble less dense than water.'

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1. Space.com

   5 Nov 2026, 18:27 UTCSource ↗

   Space.com reported in its 'On this day in space' feature that on Nov. 5, 2002, NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by the small moon Amalthea and found it to be a 'pile of icy rubble less dense than water.'