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Metis Discovery

Name: Metis Discovery – United States of America factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1979Date range

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Chronological records

1979

Stephen P. SynnottMarch 1979

Jupiter · Science / Astronomy

Identifies the small inner Jovian moon Metis in Voyager imagery.

Names involved

Stephen P. Synnott

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