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Sponde is a small, irregularly shaped moon of Jupiter that was discovered in 2001 by astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi. Its discovery contributed to our growing understanding of Jupiter's complex system of moons, which includes many smaller satellites orbiting the giant planet.
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Key facts
- Planet.name
- Sponde
- Planet.image
- Sponde-discovery-CFHT-annotated.gif
- Planet.caption
- Discovery images of Sponde by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in December 2001
- Planet.adjective
- Spondean
- Planet.named_after
- Σπονδή Spondē
- Planet.discoverer
- Scott S. Sheppard et al.
- Planet.discovered
- 9 December 2001
- Planet.discovery_site
- Mauna Kea Obs.
- Planet.mpc_name
- Jupiter XXXVI
- Planet.alt_names
- S/2001 J 5
- Planet.epoch
- 2026-01-01
- Planet.observation_arc
- 2018-05-18 (last obs)
- Planet.periapsis
- 18.9 million km
- Planet.apoapsis
- 27.7 million km(2026-Sep-05)
- Planet.semimajor
- 23.3 million km
- Planet.inclination
- 146.0°
- Planet.eccentricity
- 0.189
- Planet.period
- −728.4 days
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Parent body
- Jupiter
- Diameter
- 2
- Mass
- 15
- Orbital period
- -734.89
- Image
- Sponde-discovery-CFHT-annotated.gif
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- discoverer or inventor
- Jan Kleyna
- provisional designation
- S/2001 J 5
- time of discovery or invention
- 2001-12-09
- albedo
- 0.04
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.3121
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 23487000
- apparent magnitude
- 23
- orbital inclination
- 151
- name
- Jupiter XXXVI
- Commons category
- Sponde (moon)
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