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.

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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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