Thebe

E642759

Thebe is a small inner moon of Jupiter that orbits close to the planet and helps form part of its faint ring system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Thebe canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
approximateDimensions 116 × 98 × 84 km ⓘ
associatedWith Jupiter gossamer rings ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
belongsTo Solar System ⓘ
belongsToGroup inner moons of Jupiter ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jupiter system ⓘ
celestialBodyType inner moon ⓘ
contributesDustTo Thebe gossamer ring ⓘ
discoveredBy Stephen P. Synnott ⓘ
discoveredUsing Voyager 1 images ⓘ
discoveryDate 1979 ⓘ
escapeVelocity ~25 m/s ⓘ
helpsForm Jupiter faint ring system ⓘ
innerNeighbor Adrastea ⓘ
Metis ⓘ
largestCrater Zethus ⓘ
largestCraterDiameter ~40 km ⓘ
locatedIn Jupiter’s equatorial plane ⓘ
outer Solar System ⓘ
meanDensity ~3 g/cm³ ⓘ
meanRadius ~49 km ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation Zeus ⓘ
namedAfter Thebe (nymph in Greek mythology) ⓘ
neighboringInnerMoon Amalthea ⓘ
observedBy Galileo spacecraft ⓘ
Voyager 1 ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
officialName Thebe ⓘ
orbitalDistanceFromJupiter ~3.11 Jupiter radii ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity ~0.018 ⓘ
orbitalInclination ~1.1° to Jupiter equator ⓘ
orbitalPeriod ~0.6745 days ⓘ
~16.19 hours ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
partOf Jovian satellite system ⓘ
primary Jupiter ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/1979 J 2 ⓘ
relativePosition orbits outside Amalthea ⓘ
ringSourceMechanism impact-ejected dust ⓘ
rotation synchronous with its orbit ⓘ
semiMajorAxis ~221,900 km ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
surfaceColor dark reddish ⓘ
surfaceFeatures heavily cratered ⓘ
surfaceGravity very low ⓘ
tidallyLockedTo Jupiter ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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