Chaldene

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Chaldene is a small, irregularly shaped outer moon of Jupiter that belongs to the Carme group of retrograde satellites.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chaldene canonical 1
Chaldene (mythology) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Carme group member ⓘ
moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
outer moon ⓘ
retrograde satellite ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude ~16.0 ⓘ
albedo ~0.04 ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalClass Jovian retrograde irregulars ⓘ
belongsToGroup Carme group ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jupiter system ⓘ
Solar System ⓘ
celestialBodyType Jovian irregular satellite ⓘ
color dark ⓘ
discoveredBy David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan T. Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
Yanga R. Fernandez ⓘ
linked to: Yanga R. Fernández
discoveryDate 2000-11-23 ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations ⓘ
discoverySite Mauna Kea Observatory ⓘ
discoveryYear 2000 ⓘ
distanceFromSun ~5.2 AU (via Jupiter’s orbit) ⓘ
groupCharacteristic likely common origin with other Carme-group moons ⓘ
shares similar orbital elements with Carme group ⓘ
hasMeanRadius ~2.1 km ⓘ
hasOrbitalMotion around Jupiter’s barycenter with its moons ⓘ
hasStatus confirmed satellite of Jupiter ⓘ
meanDiameter ~4.2 km ⓘ
namedAfter Chaldene (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Chaldene

one of the Muses or Charites associated with Zeus ⓘ
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity ~0.25 ⓘ
orbitalInclination ~167° to the ecliptic ⓘ
orbitalPeriod ~759 days ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
parentPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2000 J10 ⓘ
rotationState likely tidally un-synchronized ⓘ
semiMajorAxis ~23,000,000 km ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
spectralType D-type (assumed, Carme-group-like) ⓘ
surfaceComposition likely dark, carbon-rich material ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Chaldene → namedAfter → Chaldene (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Chaldene