Jovian moon Taygete

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Jovian moon Taygete is a small, irregular, retrograde outer satellite of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of moons.

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Taygete 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jovian moon
irregular satellite
natural satellite
retrograde satellite
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian satellite system
surface form: Jupiter system

Solar System
discoveredBy Scott S. Sheppard
surface form: David C. Jewitt

Jan T. Kleyna
Scott S. Sheppard
Yanga R. Fernández
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations
discoveryYear 2000
groupCharacteristic shares similar inclination and distance with other Carme group moons
hasApproximateAlbedo ~0.04
hasApproximateMeanDiameter ~5 km
hasApproximateMeanRadius ~2.5 km
hasColor dark
hasIAUDesignation Jupiter XX
hasMeanDistanceFromJupiter about 23 million km
hasOrbitalClass retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter
hasOrbitalDirection retrograde
hasOrbitalEccentricity about 0.26
hasOrbitalInclination about 165° to the ecliptic
hasOrbitalPeriod about −692 Earth days
hasOrbitalType irregular
hasParentGroupPrimary Carme (moon)
hasProvisionalDesignation S/2000 J 9
hasRotationState likely non-synchronous
hasSemiMajorAxis about 23,000,000 km from Jupiter
hasShape irregular
hasSpectralType D-type asteroid-like
hasSurfaceComposition carbon-rich material (inferred)
isOuterSatelliteOf Jupiter
likelyOrigin fragment of a captured parent body
memberOf Carme group
namedAfter Taygete
surface form: Taygete (mythological figure)
orbits Jupiter

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Taygete speciesEponym Jovian moon Taygete