prograde irregular satellite

C50425
concept

A prograde irregular satellite is a natural moon that orbits its planet in the same direction as the planet’s rotation but on a distant, highly inclined, and often eccentric path, indicating it was likely captured rather than formed in place.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
prograde irregular satellite canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: prograde irregular satellite
Generated description
A prograde irregular satellite is a natural moon that orbits its planet in the same direction as the planet’s rotation but on a distant, highly inclined, and often eccentric path, indicating it was likely captured rather than formed in place.

Instances (1)

Instance Via concept surface
Lysithea