Praxidike

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Praxidike is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter belonging to the Ananke group of retrograde satellites.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Praxidike canonical 1
Praxidike (Greek mythological figure) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter
natural satellite
absoluteMagnitude approximately 15.7
albedo low
belongsTo retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter
belongsToDynamicalFamily Ananke family
linked to: Ananke group
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system
celestialBody Jupiter
discoveredBy David C. Jewitt
Jan T. Kleyna
Scott S. Sheppard
Yanga R. Fernandez
linked to: Yanga R. Fernández
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations
discoverySite Mauna Kea Observatory
discoveryYear 2000
distanceFromSun_AU approximately 5.2 (via Jupiter’s orbit)
groupCharacteristic shares similar orbits with other Ananke group moons
hasAtmosphere none detected
hasOrbitalSense retrograde
hostPlanetType gas giant
isCapturedObject likely
isInSolarSystem true
isNonSpherical true
isOuterMoonOf Jupiter
meanAnomalyReference J2000
meanDiameter_km approximately 7
meanRadius_km approximately 3.5
memberOf Ananke group
nameApprovedYear 2002
namedAfter Praxidike (Greek mythological figure)
linked to: Praxidike
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union
orbitalDirection retrograde
orbitalEccentricity approximately 0.23
orbitalInclination_degrees approximately 144
orbitalPeriod_days approximately 613
orbits Jupiter
parentPlanet Jupiter
planetarySystem Solar System
provisionalDesignation S/2000 J7
rotation synchronous rotation not confirmed
semiMajorAxis_km approximately 20,824,000
spectralType dark, likely C-type
surfaceBrightness very low
surfaceColor dark gray

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Praxidike namedAfter Praxidike (Greek mythological figure)
linked to: Praxidike