Megaclite
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Megaclite is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to one of the planet’s distant outer satellite groups.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
moon of Jupiter
ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ retrograde satellite ⓘ |
| albedo | low ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Pasiphae group of Jovian satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToPlanetarySystem | Jupiter system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | outer Jovian moon ⓘ |
| diameter | about 3.4 km ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
David C. Jewitt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jan T. Kleyna NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott S. Sheppard NERFINISHED ⓘ Yanga R. Fernandez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDesignation | S/2000 J8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| eccentricity | about 0.308 ⓘ |
| inclinationToEcliptic | about 150 degrees ⓘ |
| inclinationToJupiterEquator | about 148 degrees ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jovian system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meanOrbitalDistanceFromJupiter | about 24,687,000 km ⓘ |
| meanRadius | about 1.7 km ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pasiphae group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Megaclite (figure in Greek mythology) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalDirection | retrograde ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod |
about 31.13 days
ⓘ
about 747.1 hours ⓘ |
| orbits | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primary | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| satelliteGroupType | distant outer irregular group ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | about 24.7 million km ⓘ |
| shape | irregular ⓘ |
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