S/2000 J 9

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S/2000 J 9 is the provisional designation for Taygete, a small retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter discovered in 2000.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
S/2000 J 9 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irregular satellite ⓘ
moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
retrograde satellite ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude about 15.9 ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Taygete ⓘ
belongsTo outer irregular satellites of Jupiter ⓘ
belongsToCategory retrograde irregular satellites in the Solar System ⓘ
small moons of Jupiter ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system ⓘ
Solar System ⓘ
diameter_km 5 ⓘ
discoverer David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations ⓘ
discoveryYear 2000 ⓘ
eccentricity about 0.25 ⓘ
group Carme group ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere ⓘ
inclinationToEcliptic_degrees about 165 ⓘ
isPartOf Carme group of Jovian moons ⓘ
likelyOrigin captured asteroid or Kuiper belt object ⓘ
massEstimate very low ⓘ
meanRadius_km 2.5 ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation Pleiad nymph Taygete ⓘ
linked to: Taygete
namedAfter Taygete from Greek mythology ⓘ
observationType telescopic ⓘ
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days about 732 ⓘ
orbitalStability long-term stable retrograde orbit ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
parentPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
rotationState not well determined ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km about 23000000 ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
spectralType likely D-type ⓘ
surfaceColor dark ⓘ
surfaceComposition likely carbon-rich ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taygete → hasProvisionalDesignation → S/2000 J 9 ⓘ
subject linked to: Jovian moon Taygete