Metis, Moon

Metis

Moon in the Sol System. Privately Owned by Aqua Pure. - 34,000 permanent residents, 75,000 employees.

( /ˈmiːtɨs/ MEE-təs; Greek: Μήτις), also known as Jupiter XVI, is the innermost moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named in 1983 after the first wife of Zeus, Metis. Additional observations made between early 1996 and September 2003 by the Galileo spacecraft allowed the surface of the moon to be imaged.

Metis is tidally locked to Jupiter, which led to a high asymmetry in the shape of the moon, with one of the diameters being almost twice as large as the smallest one. It is also one of the three moons in the Solar System known to orbit its planet in less than the length of that planet's day, the other two being Jupiter's Adrastea and Mars's Phobos. It orbits within the main ring of Jupiter, and is thought to be a major contributor of material to the rings. Metis has an irregular shape and measures 60×40×34 km across, which makes it the second smallest of the four inner satellites of Jupiter. its surface area. 8,700 Square kilometers. The bulk composition and mass of Metis is almost completely made of Water Ice with small percentage of rock matter. The Metidian surface is heavily cratered, dark, and appears to be reddish in color. There is a substantial asymmetry between leading and trailing hemispheres: the leading hemisphere is 1.3-times brighter than the trailing one.

Metis was first Surveyed in 2099 and claimed by Water-Sol Inc. and Water Ice Mining and Water refining business was started in 2102, but lasted only for about 10 Years. Metis was purchased in 2125 by a Private Health Clinic Corporation and became site for a Sanatorium for Psionic mental diseases and Emphatic Parasitic Talents. The Clinic was closed after scandalous practices. (See Metis Scandal) Metis was then claimed by a Water purification equipment manufacturer. Aqua Pure. It is HQ to this company until today with factories and admin facilities.