Thebe
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Thebe is a small inner moon of Jupiter that orbits close to the planet and helps form part of its faint ring system.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
moon of Jupiter
ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ |
| albedo | low ⓘ |
| approximateDimensions | 116 × 98 × 84 km ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jupiter gossamer rings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | inner moons of Jupiter ⓘ |
| belongsToPlanetarySystem | Jupiter system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | inner moon ⓘ |
| contributesDustTo | Thebe gossamer ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Stephen P. Synnott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredUsing | Voyager 1 images ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| escapeVelocity | ~25 m/s ⓘ |
| helpsForm | Jupiter faint ring system ⓘ |
| innerNeighbor |
Adrastea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestCrater | Zethus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestCraterDiameter | ~40 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jupiter’s equatorial plane
ⓘ
outer Solar System ⓘ |
| meanDensity | ~3 g/cm³ ⓘ |
| meanRadius | ~49 km ⓘ |
| mythologicalAssociation | Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thebe (nymph in Greek mythology) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringInnerMoon | Amalthea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Galileo spacecraft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Voyager 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Voyager 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialName | Thebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalDistanceFromJupiter | ~3.11 Jupiter radii ⓘ |
| orbitalEccentricity | ~0.018 ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | ~1.1° to Jupiter equator ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod |
~0.6745 days
ⓘ
~16.19 hours ⓘ |
| orbits | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Jovian satellite system ⓘ |
| primary | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provisionalDesignation | S/1979 J 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativePosition | orbits outside Amalthea ⓘ |
| ringSourceMechanism | impact-ejected dust ⓘ |
| rotation | synchronous with its orbit ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | ~221,900 km ⓘ |
| shape | irregular ⓘ |
| surfaceColor | dark reddish ⓘ |
| surfaceFeatures | heavily cratered ⓘ |
| surfaceGravity | very low ⓘ |
| tidallyLockedTo | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.