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.

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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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