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	Metis	Jupiter
Discovered By	Stephen Synnott Voyager 2	Known by the Ancients
Date of Discovery	1980	Unknown
Average Orbit Distance	128,000 km	778,340,821 km
Perihelion/Perigee (closest)	127,846 km	740,679,835 km
Aphelion/Apogee (farthest)	128,154 km	816,001,807 km
Equatorial Radius	21.5 km	69,911 km
Equatorial Circumference	135.1 km	439,263.8 km
Volume	41,630 km3	1,431,281,810,739,360 km3
Mass	119,893,474,647,775,000 kg	1,898,130,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Density	3 g/cm3	1.326 g/cm3
Surface Area	5,808.80 km2	61,418,738,571 km2
Equatorial Surface Gravity	0.017 m/s2	24.79 m/s2
Escape Velocity	98 km/h	216,720 km/h
Mean Orbit Velocity	113,594.3 km/h	47,002 km/h
Orbit Eccentricity	0.0012	0.04838624
Orbit Inclination to Ecliptic	0.019	1.304 degrees
Orbit Circumference	804,247.43 km	4,887,595,931 km