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'''Himalia''' ({{IPAc-en|h|ɪ|ˈ|m|eɪ|l|i|ə|,_|h|ɪ|ˈ|m|ɑː|l|i|ə}}), or '''Jupiter VI''', is the largest [[irregular satellite]] of [[Jupiter]],. withWith a diameter of at least {{convert|140|km|mi|sigfig=1|abbr=on}}.,<ref name="occultation"/> Itit is the sixth largest [[Moons of Jupiter|Jovian satellite]], after the four [[Galilean moons]] and [[Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea]]. It was discovered by [[Charles Dillon Perrine]] at the [[Lick Observatory]] on 3 December 1904 and is named after the [[nymph]] [[Himalia (mythology)|Himalia]], who bore three sons of [[Zeus]] (the Greek equivalent of Jupiter).<ref name="Discovery" /> It is one of the largest planetary moons in the Solar System not imaged in detail, and the third largest not imaged in detail within the orbit of [[Neptune]].{{efn|It is the largest with the exception of [[Sycorax (moon)|Sycorax]] and [[Puck (moon)|Puck]] orbiting Uranus, some of the [[moons of Neptune]] and several trans-Neptunian objects, particularly [[Dysnomia (moon)|Dysnomia]], the moon of {{dp|Eris}}. [[List of natural satellites]]}}
 
== Discovery ==