Helike

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Helike canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system ⓘ
Solar System ⓘ
celestialCategory Jovian moon ⓘ
outer irregular Jovian moon ⓘ
color dark ⓘ
discoverer David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations ⓘ
discoverySite Mauna Kea Observatory ⓘ
discoveryYear 2003 ⓘ
groupMembership Ananke group ⓘ
hasRotation yes ⓘ
likelyComposition rocky-icy body ⓘ
meanDiameter approximately 4 km ⓘ
memberOf Jovian irregular satellites ⓘ
Jupiter’s outer retrograde satellite group ⓘ
namedAfter Helike (figure in Greek mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Helike (mythology)

Helike, a nymph associated with Zeus ⓘ
observedBy Subaru Telescope ⓘ
orbitalCharacter distant ⓘ
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity high ⓘ
orbitalInclination about 155 degrees to the ecliptic ⓘ
orbitalPeriod approximately 626 Earth days ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
primaryBody Jupiter ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2003 J 6 ⓘ
satelliteOf Jupiter ⓘ
semiMajorAxis approximately 20.5 million km from Jupiter ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
surfaceFeatureKnowledge poorly known ⓘ

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