S/1989 N 6

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S/1989 N 6 is the provisional designation for Naiad, one of Neptune’s small inner moons discovered in Voyager 2 images.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
S/1989 N 6 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inner moon ⓘ
moon of Neptune ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Neptune system ⓘ
discoveredBy Voyager 2 ⓘ
Voyager 2 imaging team ⓘ
discoveredInYear 1989 ⓘ
discoveryMethod spacecraft imaging ⓘ
hasAlbedo 0.07 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Neptune III Naiad ⓘ
hasApproximateDiameter_km 66 ⓘ
hasApproximateMeanRadius_km 33 ⓘ
hasApproximateSemiMajorAxis_km 48227 ⓘ
hasDiscoveryImageSource Voyager 2 narrow-angle camera ⓘ
hasDiscoveryStatus discovered in Voyager 2 images ⓘ
hasDynamicalRelationship in orbital resonance with Thalassa ⓘ
hasIAUDesignation Neptune III ⓘ
linked to: Neptune VII
hasOrbitalDirection prograde ⓘ
hasOrbitalEccentricity 0.0003 ⓘ
hasOrbitalInclination_degrees 4.7 ⓘ
hasOrbitalPeriod_days 0.294 ⓘ
hasPermanentName Naiad ⓘ
hasProvisionalDesignation S/1989 N 6 ⓘ
hasRotationState synchronous with its orbital period ⓘ
hasShape irregular ⓘ
hasSurfaceComposition likely water ice with dark material ⓘ
hasSurfaceFeatures no major features resolved in Voyager 2 images ⓘ
isCloseTo Thalassa ⓘ
isInnerSatelliteOf Neptune ⓘ
isPartOf inner Neptunian satellite group ⓘ
isSmallerThan Proteus ⓘ
Triton ⓘ
namedAfter Naiads from Greek mythology ⓘ
orbits Neptune ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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