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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Megaclite canonical 1
Megaclite (figure in Greek mythology) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter
natural satellite
retrograde satellite
albedo low
belongsTo Pasiphae group of Jovian satellites
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jupiter system
celestialBodyType outer Jovian moon
diameter about 3.4 km
discoveredBy David C. Jewitt
Jan T. Kleyna
Scott S. Sheppard
Yanga R. Fernandez
linked to: Yanga R. Fernández
discoveryDesignation S/2000 J8
discoveryYear 2000
eccentricity about 0.308
inclinationToEcliptic about 150 degrees
inclinationToJupiterEquator about 148 degrees
locatedIn Jovian system
Solar System
meanOrbitalDistanceFromJupiter about 24,687,000 km
meanRadius about 1.7 km
memberOf Pasiphae group
namedAfter Megaclite (figure in Greek mythology)
linked to: Megaclite
orbitalDirection retrograde
orbitalPeriod about 31.13 days
about 747.1 hours
orbits Jupiter
primary Jupiter
satelliteGroupType distant outer irregular group
semiMajorAxis about 24.7 million km
shape irregular

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Megaclite namedAfter Megaclite (figure in Greek mythology)
linked to: Megaclite