S/2000 J 9

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S/2000 J 9 is the provisional designation for Taygete, a small retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter discovered in 2000.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
S/2000 J 9 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irregular satellite
moon of Jupiter
natural satellite
retrograde satellite
absoluteMagnitude about 15.9
albedo low
alsoKnownAs Taygete
belongsTo outer irregular satellites of Jupiter
belongsToCategory retrograde irregular satellites in the Solar System
small moons of Jupiter
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian satellite system
surface form: Jovian system

Solar System
diameter_km 5
discoverer David C. Jewitt
Jan Kleyna
Scott S. Sheppard
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations
discoveryYear 2000
eccentricity about 0.25
group Carme group
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere
inclinationToEcliptic_degrees about 165
isPartOf Carme group of Jovian moons
likelyOrigin captured asteroid or Kuiper belt object
massEstimate very low
meanRadius_km 2.5
mythologicalAssociation Taygete
surface form: Pleiad nymph Taygete
namedAfter Taygete from Greek mythology
observationType telescopic
orbitalDirection retrograde
orbitalPeriod_days about 732
orbitalStability long-term stable retrograde orbit
orbits Jupiter
parentPlanet Jupiter
rotationState not well determined
semiMajorAxis_km about 23000000
shape irregular
spectralType likely D-type
surfaceColor dark
surfaceComposition likely carbon-rich

How these facts were elicited

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

Jovian moon Taygete hasProvisionalDesignation S/2000 J 9
subject surface form: Taygete