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مگهکلایتی
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Megaclite , also known as '''''', is one of Jupiter's smallest and outermost natural satellites.
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Megaclite is one of Jupiter's smallest and outermost moons, orbiting far from the giant planet in the outer reaches of its moon system. It represents one of many small celestial bodies that astronomers have discovered around Jupiter, helping us understand the diversity and extent of planetary moon systems.
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Key facts
- Planet.name
- Megaclite
- Planet.image
- Megaclite-Jewitt-CFHT-annotated.gif
- Planet.caption
- Megaclite imaged by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in December 2001
- Planet.adjective
- Megaclitean
- Planet.named_after
- Μεγακλειτή Megaclītē
- Planet.mpc_name
- Jupiter XIX
- Planet.alt_names
- S/2000 J 8
- Planet.discoverer
- Scott S. SheppardDavid C. JewittYanga R. FernandezEugene A. Magnier
- Planet.discovery_site
- Mauna Kea Observatory
- Planet.discovered
- 25 November 2000
- Planet.satellite_of
- Jupiter
- Planet.group
- Pasiphae group
- Planet.epoch
- 2026-01-01
- Planet.observation_arc
- 2025-12-21 (last obs)
- Planet.periapsis
- 13.1 million km
- Planet.apoapsis
- 33.80 million km
- Planet.semimajor
- 23.5 million km
- Planet.eccentricity
- 0.440
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Parent body
- Jupiter
- Mass
- 210
- Image
- Megaclite-Jewitt-CFHT-annotated.gif
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2000-11-25
- discoverer or inventor
- Yanga R. Fernández
- provisional designation
- S/2000 J 8
- albedo
- 0.04
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.421
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 24687260
- apparent magnitude
- 21.7
- Commons category
- Megaclite
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