Taygete
E642770
member of the Carme group
moon of Jupiter
natural satellite
outer Jovian satellite
retrograde satellite
Taygete is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of outer Jovian satellites.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taygete canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7099936 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taygete Context triple: [Jovian satellite system, hasMember, Taygete]
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A.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Agistri
Agistri is a small Greek island in the Saronic Gulf known for its pine forests, clear waters, and tranquil beaches popular with weekend visitors from Athens.
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C.
Arethousa
Arethousa is a nymph from Greek mythology, closely associated with a sacred spring and often linked to the goddess Artemis.
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D.
Adrasteia
Adrasteia is a nymph in Greek mythology associated with nurturing the infant Zeus and sometimes linked with divine retribution and inevitability.
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E.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taygete Target entity description: Taygete is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of outer Jovian satellites.
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A.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Agistri
Agistri is a small Greek island in the Saronic Gulf known for its pine forests, clear waters, and tranquil beaches popular with weekend visitors from Athens.
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C.
Arethousa
Arethousa is a nymph from Greek mythology, closely associated with a sacred spring and often linked to the goddess Artemis.
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D.
Adrasteia
Adrasteia is a nymph in Greek mythology associated with nurturing the infant Zeus and sometimes linked with divine retribution and inevitability.
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E.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
member of the Carme group
ⓘ
moon of Jupiter ⓘ natural satellite ⓘ outer Jovian satellite ⓘ retrograde satellite ⓘ |
| albedo | low ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Carme group
ⓘ
Jovian satellite system ⓘ |
| belongsToPlanetarySystem | Jupiter system ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | outer irregular satellite of Jupiter ⓘ |
| color | dark ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | J2000 ecliptic for orbital elements ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
David C. Jewitt
ⓘ
Jan T. Kleyna ⓘ Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ Yanga R. Fernandez ⓘ
linked to:
Yanga R. Fernández
|
| discoveryEpoch | late 2000 ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | ground-based telescope observations ⓘ |
| discoverySite |
Mauna Kea Observatory
ⓘ
linked to:
Mauna Kea Observatories
|
| discoveryYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| distanceFromSun | approximately 5.2 astronomical units (via Jupiter’s orbit) ⓘ |
| dynamicalFamily | Carme group ⓘ |
| escapeVelocity | very low ⓘ |
| gravitationalBinding | bound to Jupiter ⓘ |
| groupCharacteristic | shares similar orbits with other Carme group moons ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalResonance | no known strong mean-motion resonance ⓘ |
| hasParentBody | Jupiter ⓘ |
| likelyComposition | carbon-rich material ⓘ |
| likelyOrigin | captured asteroid or collisional fragment ⓘ |
| mass | very low (estimated from size and assumed density) ⓘ |
| meanDiameter | approximately 5 kilometers ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Taygete (mythological figure)
ⓘ
linked to:
Taygete
one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| namingAuthority | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| orbitalDirection | retrograde ⓘ |
| orbitalEccentricity | approximately 0.25 ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | about 165 degrees to the ecliptic ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | approximately 692 Earth days ⓘ |
| orbits | Jupiter ⓘ |
| provisionalDesignation | S/2000 J 9 ⓘ |
| rotation | non-synchronously rotating ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | approximately 23,200,000 kilometers ⓘ |
| shape | irregular ⓘ |
| spectralProperty | similar to other Carme group moons ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | very low ⓘ |
| surfaceGeology | not well characterized ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Taygete Description of subject: Taygete is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of outer Jovian satellites.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.