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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Valetudo canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter
natural satellite
outer moon
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system
Jupiter system
celestialBody Jupiter
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
hasOrbitalCharacteristic distant orbit
inclined orbit
prograde orbit
hasOrbitalDirection prograde
hasOrbitalEccentricity about 0.22
hasOrbitalPeriod about 532 Earth days
hasProvisionalDesignation S/2016 J 2
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
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)
isNamedFrom Roman mythology
isNaturalSatelliteOf Jupiter
isOneOf most distant known prograde moons of Jupiter
smallest known moons of Jupiter
isPartOf Jupiter's outer irregular satellite group
isSatelliteOf Jupiter
orbits Jupiter
wasDiscoveredBy Scott S. Sheppard

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Valetudo hasOfficialName Valetudo