Naiad

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Naiad is a small, inner moon of Neptune known for its irregular shape and closely packed, dynamically interacting orbit with the planet’s other inner satellites.

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Label Occurrences
Naiad canonical 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inner moon
irregularly shaped moon
moon of Neptune
natural satellite
albedo low
belongsToGroup inner regular satellites of Neptune
catalog Neptunian satellite
celestialBodyType natural satellite
density_g_per_cm3 ~1.3 (assumed)
discoveredBy Richard J. Terrile
Voyager imaging team
surface form: Voyager 2 imaging team
discoveredDuring Voyager 2
surface form: Voyager 2 Neptune flyby
discoveryDate 1989-09-02
discoveryInstrument Voyager 2 imaging system
discoveryMethod spacecraft imaging
dynamicallyInteractsWith Thalassa
other inner moons of Neptune
equilibriumState not in hydrostatic equilibrium
escapeVelocity_m_per_s very low
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere detected
locatedIn Milky Way
surface form: Milky Way galaxy

Neptune system
Solar System
mass_kg ~1.9e17
meanDiameter_km ~66
meanRadius_km ~33
namedAfter Naiads
surface form: Naiads (water nymphs of Greek mythology)
nameOriginLanguage Greek mythology
orbitalConfiguration closely packed inner satellite system
orbitalEccentricity ~0.0003
orbitalInclination_deg ~4.7 to Neptune’s equator
orbitalPeriod_days ~0.294
orbitalPeriod_hours ~7.06
orbits Neptune
parentStar Sun
planetarySystem Neptune system
provisionalDesignation S/1989 N 6
relativePosition innermost known moon of Neptune (as of 2024)
resonance near-resonant orbital relationship with Thalassa
rotationState likely synchronous with its orbital period
semiMajorAxis_km ~48227
shape irregular
surfaceComposition likely water ice mixed with darker material
surfaceFeaturesResolution poorly resolved by Voyager 2

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Naiad
Description of subject: Naiad is a small, inner moon of Neptune known for its irregular shape and closely packed, dynamically interacting orbit with the planet’s other inner satellites.

Referenced by (2)

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

Neptune moon Naiad
Thalassa neighboringMoon Naiad