Amalthea - what's the story?

A web site "the nine planets" ( www.seds.org/billa/tnp/amalthea.html#amalthea ) gives the mass and size (probably estimates). Another site " www.solarviews.com/eng/amalthea.htm " gives the density as 1.8.

Hope this helps.

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That is the amount one finds listed but that is not the most recent value that has been determined. Thanks anyhow.

I found another page that has different data

nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/joviansatfact.html

Here the Mean density is stated as 3100 kg/m^3.

Rudolf

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That is the same as 3,100,000g/1,000,000cm^3 or 3.1g/cm^3. Too high. The latest value was described as being close to water. I assume that would drop it to below 1.8g/cm^3.