Themisto

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Themisto is a small, irregularly shaped outer moon of Jupiter that follows a distant, prograde orbit and is one of the planet’s lesser-known natural satellites.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Themisto canonical 2
Themisto (mythology) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
outer moon of Jupiter ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude about 11.5 ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
belongsTo Jupiter’s irregular satellite population ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system ⓘ
category Irregular satellites ⓘ
Moons of Jupiter ⓘ
Prograde irregular satellites ⓘ
celestialBody Jupiter ⓘ
designation Jupiter XVIII ⓘ
discoveredBy Charles T. Kowal ⓘ
Elizabeth Roemer ⓘ
discoverySite Palomar Observatory ⓘ
discoveryYear 1975 ⓘ
distanceFromSun_AU about 5.2 via Jupiter’s orbit ⓘ
gravitationallyBoundTo Jupiter ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere ⓘ
hasRotation synchronousRotationUnknown ⓘ
isLessKnownThan Galilean moons ⓘ
isNonSpherical true ⓘ
isOuterSatelliteOf Jupiter ⓘ
isPartOf Solar System ⓘ
lostAfterDiscovery true ⓘ
massEstimate very low ⓘ
meanDiameter_km about 8 ⓘ
meanRadius_km about 4 ⓘ
namedAfter Themisto (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Themisto

Themisto, a figure in Greek mythology associated with Zeus ⓘ
observationalStatus faint ⓘ
orbitalDirection prograde ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity about 0.24 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_degrees about 43 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days about 129.9 ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/1975 J 1 ⓘ
S/2000 J 1 ⓘ
recoveredBy David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan T. Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
Yanga R. Fernandez ⓘ
linked to: Yanga R. Fernández
recoveredYear 2000 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km about 7390000 ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
surfaceComposition likely dark, carbon-rich material ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Athamas → spouse → Themisto ⓘ
Themisto → namedAfter → Themisto (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Themisto