Valetudo

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Valetudo is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter with a distant, inclined orbit that makes it one of the planet’s more recently discovered natural satellites.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Valetudo canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
outer moon ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system ⓘ
Jupiter system ⓘ
celestialBody Jupiter ⓘ
hasAlbedo low ⓘ
hasApproximateDiameter about 1 kilometer ⓘ
hasColor neutral to slightly reddish (inferred from similar objects) ⓘ
hasDiscoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations ⓘ
hasDiscoveryYear 2016 ⓘ
hasDynamicalProperty orbits in region dominated by retrograde irregular satellites ⓘ
potentially colliding orbits with retrograde Jovian moons ⓘ
hasEscapeVelocity very low ⓘ
hasEstimatedAlbedo about 0.04 ⓘ
hasEstimatedMass very low ⓘ
hasHighEccentricity true ⓘ
hasIAUStatus officially named by the IAU ⓘ
hasInclination about 34 degrees to the ecliptic ⓘ
hasMeanRadius about 0.5 kilometers ⓘ
hasObservationStatus faint ⓘ
requires large telescopes to observe ⓘ
hasOfficialName Valetudo ⓘ
hasOrbitalCharacteristic distant orbit ⓘ
inclined orbit ⓘ
prograde orbit ⓘ
hasOrbitalDirection prograde ⓘ
hasOrbitalEccentricity about 0.22 ⓘ
hasOrbitalPeriod about 532 Earth days ⓘ
hasProvisionalDesignation S/2016 J 2 ⓘ
hasRotationCharacteristic rotation period not well determined ⓘ
hasSemiMajorAxis about 18.9 million kilometers from Jupiter ⓘ
hasShape irregular ⓘ
hasSurfaceCharacteristic likely non-spherical ⓘ
hasSurfaceGravity very weak ⓘ
isCataloguedAs Jupiter LXII ⓘ
isInOrbitalResonance no known strong resonance ⓘ
isLocatedIn outer region of Jupiter's satellite system ⓘ
isMemberOf Jupiter irregular satellites ⓘ
isNamedAfter Valetudo (Roman goddess of health and hygiene) ⓘ
isNamedFrom Roman mythology ⓘ
isNaturalSatelliteOf Jupiter ⓘ
isOneOf most distant known prograde moons of Jupiter ⓘ
smallest known moons of Jupiter ⓘ
isPartOf Jupiter's outer irregular satellite group ⓘ
isSatelliteOf Jupiter ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
wasDiscoveredBy Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ

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

Valetudo → hasOfficialName → Valetudo ⓘ