Cyllene

E642779

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cyllene canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
retrograde satellite ⓘ
belongsToSatelliteGroup Pasiphae group ⓘ
celestialBodyOf Jupiter ⓘ
hasApproximateAbsoluteMagnitude 16.4 ⓘ
hasApproximateAlbedo 0.04 ⓘ
hasApproximateMeanDiameter 2 km ⓘ
hasApproximateRadius 1 km ⓘ
hasArgumentOfPeriapsis about 180° (approximate) ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem J2000 ecliptic ⓘ
hasDiscoveryDate 2003-02-09 ⓘ
hasDiscoveryMethod ground-based telescopic imaging ⓘ
hasDynamicalStatus captured object ⓘ
hasHostStar Sun ⓘ
hasLongitudeOfAscendingNode about 260° (approximate) ⓘ
hasMeanAnomaly about 210° (at epoch, approximate) ⓘ
hasMeanDistanceFromJupiter about 23.4 million km ⓘ
hasOrbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
hasOrbitalEccentricity about 0.411 ⓘ
hasOrbitalInclination about 139° to Jupiter’s equator ⓘ
about 140° to the ecliptic ⓘ
hasOrbitalPeriod about 731 days ⓘ
hasOrbitalRegime outer Jovian system ⓘ
hasOrbitType irregular ⓘ
hasParentPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
hasPermanentDesignation Jupiter XLVIII ⓘ
hasProvisionalDesignation S/2003 J 13 ⓘ
hasRomanNumeralDesignation Jupiter XLVIII ⓘ
hasRotationState likely non-synchronous ⓘ
hasSemiMajorAxis about 23,396,000 km ⓘ
hasShape irregular ⓘ
hasSpectralType C-type ⓘ
hasSurfaceComposition likely dark, carbon-rich material ⓘ
isNamedAfter Cyllene (Oread nymph) ⓘ
linked to: Cyllene

Cyllene, a nymph associated with Mount Kyllini in Greek mythology ⓘ
isPartOf Solar System ⓘ
memberOf Jovian satellite system ⓘ
outer group of Jovian satellites ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
wasDiscoveredBy Brian G. Marsden ⓘ
David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
wasDiscoveredUsing Mauna Kea Observatory ⓘ

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