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Thyone is a small moon that orbits Jupiter, one of many moons in Jupiter's system. While it is too distant and small to observe directly from Earth, studying it helps astronomers better understand the formation and composition of Jupiter's moon system.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Thyone is referenced by 104 other articles, and connects out to orbital inclination, orbital eccentricity and irregular moon.
It is catalogued under topics including Ananke group, Astronomical objects discovered in 2001 and Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard.
Its subject is documented across 55 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Named after
- Semele
- Parent body
- Jupiter
- Diameter
- 4
- Mass
- 90
- Orbital period
- 627.3
- Image
- Thyone-discovery-CFHT-annotated.gif
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- name
- Júpiter XXIX
- Commons category
- Thyone (moon)
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 20940000
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.229
- albedo
- 0.04
- provisional designation
- S/2001 J 2
- time of discovery or invention
- 2001-12-11
- discoverer or inventor
- Jan Kleyna
- apparent magnitude
- 22.3
- surface gravity
- 0.0015
- orbital inclination
- 148.509
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