Taygete

E642770

Taygete is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of outer Jovian satellites.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Taygete canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf member of the Carme group ⓘ
moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
outer Jovian satellite ⓘ
retrograde satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
belongsTo Carme group ⓘ
Jovian satellite system ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jupiter system ⓘ
celestialBodyType outer irregular satellite of Jupiter ⓘ
color dark ⓘ
coordinateSystem J2000 ecliptic for orbital elements ⓘ
discoveredBy David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan T. Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
Yanga R. Fernandez ⓘ
linked to: Yanga R. Fernández
discoveryEpoch late 2000 ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations ⓘ
discoverySite Mauna Kea Observatory ⓘ
discoveryYear 2000 ⓘ
distanceFromSun approximately 5.2 astronomical units (via Jupiter’s orbit) ⓘ
dynamicalFamily Carme group ⓘ
escapeVelocity very low ⓘ
gravitationalBinding bound to Jupiter ⓘ
groupCharacteristic shares similar orbits with other Carme group moons ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonance no known strong mean-motion resonance ⓘ
hasParentBody Jupiter ⓘ
likelyComposition carbon-rich material ⓘ
likelyOrigin captured asteroid or collisional fragment ⓘ
mass very low (estimated from size and assumed density) ⓘ
meanDiameter approximately 5 kilometers ⓘ
namedAfter Taygete (mythological figure) ⓘ
linked to: Taygete

one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology ⓘ
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity approximately 0.25 ⓘ
orbitalInclination about 165 degrees to the ecliptic ⓘ
orbitalPeriod approximately 692 Earth days ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2000 J 9 ⓘ
rotation non-synchronously rotating ⓘ
semiMajorAxis approximately 23,200,000 kilometers ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
spectralProperty similar to other Carme group moons ⓘ
surfaceBrightness very low ⓘ
surfaceGeology not well characterized ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

S/2000 J 9 → alsoKnownAs → Taygete ⓘ
Jupiter XX → officialName → Taygete ⓘ
Jan T. Kleyna → discovered → Taygete ⓘ