Megaclite

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Megaclite is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to one of the planet’s distant outer satellite groups.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Megaclite canonical 1
Megaclite (figure in Greek mythology) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
retrograde satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
belongsTo Pasiphae group of Jovian satellites ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jupiter system ⓘ
celestialBodyType outer Jovian moon ⓘ
diameter about 3.4 km ⓘ
discoveredBy David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan T. Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
Yanga R. Fernandez ⓘ
linked to: Yanga R. Fernández
discoveryDesignation S/2000 J8 ⓘ
discoveryYear 2000 ⓘ
eccentricity about 0.308 ⓘ
inclinationToEcliptic about 150 degrees ⓘ
inclinationToJupiterEquator about 148 degrees ⓘ
locatedIn Jovian system ⓘ
Solar System ⓘ
meanOrbitalDistanceFromJupiter about 24,687,000 km ⓘ
meanRadius about 1.7 km ⓘ
memberOf Pasiphae group ⓘ
namedAfter Megaclite (figure in Greek mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Megaclite
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 31.13 days ⓘ
about 747.1 hours ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
primary Jupiter ⓘ
satelliteGroupType distant outer irregular group ⓘ
semiMajorAxis about 24.7 million km ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Megaclite → namedAfter → Megaclite (figure in Greek mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Megaclite