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* Amalthea, in Greek mythology, is the foster-mother of Zeus.

Amalthea is the third of Jupiter's known moons.
113 Amalthea is an asteroid.

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AmaltheaAmalthea, in Greek mythology, is the foster-mother of Zeus. Amalthea is the third of Jupiter's known moons. 113 Amalthea is an asteroid.	Amalthea (moon)Amalthea (pronounced "am al THEE a") is the third of Jupiter's known moons. It was discovered on September 9 1892 by Edward Emerson Barnard using the 36 inch (91 cm) refractor telescope at Lick Observatory. Amalthea was the last moon to be discovered by d	Amalthea (mythology)In Greek mythology, Amalthea ("tender") is the foster-mother of Zeus. She is sometimes represented as the goat which suckled the infant-god in a cave in Crete, sometimes as a nymph of uncertain parentage (daughter of Oceanus, Haemonius, Olen, Melisseus),
Amalthea groupThe Amalthea group is made up of the small moons of Jupiter which orbit close to the planet, merging with its planetary ring. Their semi-major axes range between 128 and 222 Mm. The four members of the group are (in order of increasing distance from Jupit

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