113 Amalthea is a fairly typical rocky main-belt asteroid orbiting in the inner regions of the belt. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 12, 1871.
Amalthea is thought to be a fragment from the mantle of a Vesta-sized parent body that broke up around one billion years ago, with the other major remnant being 9 Metis.
The name comes from Amalthea of Greek mythology. One of Jupiter's inner small satellites, unrelated to 113 Amalthea, is also called Amalthea.
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