Valetudo
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Valetudo is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter with a distant, inclined orbit that makes it one of the planet’s more recently discovered natural satellites.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
moon of Jupiter
ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ outer moon ⓘ |
| belongsToPlanetarySystem |
Jovian system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jupiter system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialBody | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | low ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDiameter | about 1 kilometer ⓘ |
| hasColor | neutral to slightly reddish (inferred from similar objects) ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryMethod | ground-based telescope observations ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| hasDynamicalProperty |
orbits in region dominated by retrograde irregular satellites
ⓘ
potentially colliding orbits with retrograde Jovian moons ⓘ |
| hasEscapeVelocity | very low ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedAlbedo | about 0.04 ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedMass | very low ⓘ |
| hasHighEccentricity | true ⓘ |
| hasIAUStatus | officially named by the IAU ⓘ |
| hasInclination | about 34 degrees to the ecliptic ⓘ |
| hasMeanRadius | about 0.5 kilometers ⓘ |
| hasObservationStatus |
faint
ⓘ
requires large telescopes to observe ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Valetudo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalCharacteristic |
distant orbit
ⓘ
inclined orbit ⓘ prograde orbit ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalDirection | prograde ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalEccentricity | about 0.22 ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalPeriod | about 532 Earth days ⓘ |
| hasProvisionalDesignation | S/2016 J 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRotationCharacteristic | rotation period not well determined ⓘ |
| hasSemiMajorAxis | about 18.9 million kilometers from Jupiter ⓘ |
| hasShape | irregular ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceCharacteristic | likely non-spherical ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceGravity | very weak ⓘ |
| isCataloguedAs | Jupiter LXII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInOrbitalResonance | no known strong resonance ⓘ |
| isLocatedIn | outer region of Jupiter's satellite system ⓘ |
| isMemberOf | Jupiter irregular satellites ⓘ |
| isNamedAfter | Valetudo (Roman goddess of health and hygiene) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNamedFrom | Roman mythology ⓘ |
| isNaturalSatelliteOf | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
most distant known prograde moons of Jupiter
ⓘ
smallest known moons of Jupiter ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Jupiter's outer irregular satellite group ⓘ |
| isSatelliteOf | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbits | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasDiscoveredBy | Scott S. Sheppard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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