Leda

E642760

Leda is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter belonging to the planet’s distant, retrograde satellite group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Leda canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pasiphae group member ⓘ
moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
outer satellite of Jupiter ⓘ
retrograde satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
belongsTo outer irregular satellites of Jupiter ⓘ
belongsToPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
belongsToSystem Jovian system ⓘ
celestialBody Jupiter ⓘ
color dark ⓘ
diameter_km ~20 ⓘ
discoveredAt Mount Palomar Observatory ⓘ
linked to: Palomar Observatory
discoveredBy Charles T. Kowal ⓘ
discoveryDate 1974-09-14 ⓘ
discoveryMethod photographic observation ⓘ
discoveryStatus confirmed ⓘ
discoveryYear 1974 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_s <0.05 ⓘ
exploredBySpacecraft none (no dedicated flyby or imaging) ⓘ
group Pasiphae group ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonance none known ⓘ
hostPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Jupiter ⓘ
isOuterMoonOf Jupiter ⓘ
isPartOf Solar System ⓘ
mass very low ⓘ
meanDistanceFromJupiter_AU ~0.0746 ⓘ
meanDistanceFromJupiter_km ~11160000 ⓘ
meanRadius_km ~10 ⓘ
namedAfter Leda (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Leda

Leda, queen of Sparta in Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to: Leda
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity ~0.16 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_degrees ~27 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days ~238.7 ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
orbitsBodyType gas giant ⓘ
rotation likely synchronous ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km ~11160000 ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
spectralType C-type (assumed) ⓘ
surfaceComposition dark, carbon-rich material (assumed) ⓘ
surfaceGeology unresolved ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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