Metis /ˈmiːtəs/, also known as Jupiter XVI, is the innermost known moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named...
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Look up Metis, metis, Métis, or métis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metis or Métis, meaning "mixed" in French, may refer to: Métis, recognized Indigenous...
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Metis (/ˈmiːtɪs/; Ancient Greek: Μῆτις, romanized: Mêtis, lit. 'Wisdom', 'Skill', or 'Craft'; Modern Greek: Μέτης), in ancient Greek religion and mythology...
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by an ancient collision. Metis is estimated to contain just under half a percent of the total mass of the asteroid belt. Metis passed within 0.034 AU,...
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spacecraft discovered an additional three inner moons in 1979: Metis, Adrastea, and Thebe. No additional moons were discovered until two decades later, with...
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first moon to be discovered by an interplanetary spacecraft. Soon after its discovery, two other of the inner moons of Jupiter (Thebe and Metis) were...
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Natural satellite (redirect from Moon satellite)
satellite). Natural satellites are colloquially referred to as moons, a derivation from the Moon of Earth. In the Solar System, there are six planetary satellite...
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Planets in astrology (redirect from Moon (astrology))
Mars, Hyperion and Theia with the Sun, Atlas and Phoebe with the Moon, Coeus and Metis with Mercury, and Oceanus and Tethys with Venus. These planetary...
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Thebe, Amalthea, and Metis". Icarus. 147 (2): 353–365. Bibcode:2000Icar..147..353S. doi:10.1006/icar.2000.6474. "Swiss Cheese Moon: Jovian Satellite Full...
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List of natural satellites (redirect from Moon list)
or moons. At least 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded; of these, all are covered by a crust of ice except for Earth's Moon and...
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later that year by Voyager 1. Several of Jupiter's small innermost moons, namely Metis and Adrastea, are within Jupiter's ring system and are also within...
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Métis. They play diverse styles of music including Indigenous music of Canada. Blue Moon Marquee (Métis) Celeigh Cardinal (Métis) G. R. Gritt (Métis)...
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Thebe /ˈθiːbiː/, also known as Jupiter XIV, is the fourth of Jupiter's moons by distance from the planet. It was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott in images...
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into fragments. The moons so affected are Metis and Adrastea at Jupiter, and the majority of the inner moons of Uranus and Neptune − out to and including...
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Performance of the Year and Roots Album of the Year. A.W. Cardinal is of Cree/Metis heritage. Cardinal received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Indigenous...
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for the moons of whose material they are composed: Amalthea and Thebe. The main and halo rings consist of dust ejected from the moons Metis, Adrastea...
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Planetary symbols (redirect from Moon symbol)
astronomy to represent a classical planet (which includes the Sun and the Moon) or one of the modern planets. The classical symbols were also used in alchemy...
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Indigenous peoples in Canada (section Métis)
inherently Métis are either Métis French or a mixed language called Michif. Michif, Mechif or Métchif is a phonetic spelling of Métif, a variant of Métis. The...
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Characters of Persona 3 (redirect from Metis (Persona))
FES. Metis: As I understand it... Nyx is neither hostile nor malevolent... A seal really isn't necessary. Atlus (2008-04-22). Persona 3 FES. Metis: As...
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Tidal acceleration (redirect from Secular acceleration of the Moon)
usually weak and the orbit decays slowly. The moons affected are: Around Mars: Phobos Around Jupiter: Metis and Adrastea Around Saturn: none, except for...
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Tantoo Cardinal (category Canadian Métis women)
"Tantoo" Cardinal CM (born July 20, 1950) is a Canadian actress. Of Cree and Métis heritage, in 2009 she was made a member of the Order of Canada "for her...
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Tidal locking (section Earth's Moon)
For example, the same side of the Moon always faces Earth, although there is some variability because the Moon's orbit is not perfectly circular. Usually...
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those in the above list, only 4 Vesta, 19 Fortuna, 6 Hebe, 7 Iris and 9 Metis orbit there. (Sort table by mean distance.) Below are the sixteen most-massive...
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Final Key, Metis, Aigis, and the rest of SEES learn that Metis is a manifestation of Aigis' rejected human emotions. Aigis merges with Metis and embraces...
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is named after Metis, a moon of Jupiter. To be treated as a noun in apposition. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cosmopterix metis. Wikispecies has...
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Metis, who had been swallowed by Jupiter, and burst from her father's head, fully grown and clad in armour. Jupiter had sex with the titaness Metis,...
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First Nations in Canada (section The Métis)
Scottish traders and Northern Dene women (Anglo-Métis). The Métis spoke or still speak either Métis French or a mixed language called Michif. Michif...
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List of municipalities in Alberta (redirect from Metis settlement)
MGA. Special areas and Metis settlements are formed under the provincial authority of the Special Areas Act (SAA) and the Metis Settlements Act (MSA) respectively...
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Cassini–Huygens (section New moons of Saturn)
likely originate as ejecta from micrometeorite impacts on Jupiter's moons, probably Metis and Adrastea. On October 10, 2003, the mission's science team announced...
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Zeus swallows her, Metis is pregnant with Athena not by Zeus himself, but by the Cyclops Brontes. The motif of Zeus swallowing Metis can be seen as a continuation...
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