Megaclite

Megaclite
Upptäckt[1]
UpptäckareScott S. Sheppard,
David C. Jewitt,
Eugene A. Magnier och
Yanga R. Fernández[1]
Upptäcktsdatum25 november 2000
Beteckningar
AlternativnamnXIX, S/2000 J8
Uppkallad efterMegaclite
Omloppsbana
Banmedelradie23 808 000 km[2]
Excentricitet0,4211[2]
Siderisk omloppstid752,88 d
Medelomloppshastighet7 898,8 km/h[2]
Inklination152,769
Måne tillJupiter
Fysikaliska data
Medelradie2,7 km[3]
Area91,61 km2[2]
Massa2,0981 × 1014 kg[2]
Medeldensitet2,6 g/cm3[2]
Ytgravitation (ekvatorn)0,002 m/s2[2]
Flykthastighet12 km/h[2]
Albedo0,04[3]
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Megaclite (XIX, S/2000 J8) är en av Jupiters månar. Den upptäcktes 2000 av en grupp astronomer vid University of Hawaii.[1] Den döptes i oktober 2002 till Magaclite, vilket korrigerades till Megaclite i november 2002.[4][5]

Megaclite har en genomsnittlig radie på 2,7 kilometer och roterar kring Jupiter på ett avstånd av cirka 23,8 miljoner kilometer.[3]

Källor

  1. ^ [a b c] ”IAUC 7555: Sats OF JUPITER; 2001B; 2001C”. International Astronomical Union Circular. Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 5 januari 2001. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/07500/07555.html. Läst 16 augusti 2016. 
  2. ^ [a b c d e f g h] ”Megaclite: By the Numbers”. NASA. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/megaclite/by-the-numbers/. Läst 16 augusti 2016. 
  3. ^ [a b c] ”Megaclite: In Depth”. NASA. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/megaclite/in-depth/. Läst 16 augusti 2016. 
  4. ^ ”IAUC 7998: P/2002 T5; Sats OF JUPITER”. International Astronomical Union Circular. Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 22 oktober 2002. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07998.html. Läst 16 augusti 2016. 
  5. ^ ”IAUC 8023: 2002jh; 2002je, 2002jg; Sats OF JUPITER”. International Astronomical Union Circular. Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 29 november 2002. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08000/08023.html. Läst 16 augusti 2016. 

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The Galilean satellites (the four largest moons of Jupiter).tif

This composite includes the four largest moons of Jupiter which are known as the Galilean satellites. The Galilean satellites were first seen by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in 1610. Shown from left to right in order of increasing distance from Jupiter, Io is closest, followed by Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

The order of these satellites from the planet Jupiter helps to explain some of the visible differences among the moons. Io is subject to the strongest tidal stresses from the massive planet. These stresses generate internal heating which is released at the surface and makes Io the most volcanically active body in our solar system. Europa appears to be strongly differentiated with a rock/iron core, an ice layer at its surface, and the potential for local or global zones of water between these layers. Tectonic resurfacing brightens terrain on the less active and partially differentiated moon Ganymede. Callisto, furthest from Jupiter, appears heavily cratered at low resolutions and shows no evidence of internal activity.

North is to the top of this composite picture in which these satellites have all been scaled to a common factor of 10 kilometers (6 miles) per picture element.

The Solid State Imaging (CCD) system aboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft acquired the Io and Ganymede images in June 1996, the Europa images in September 1996, and the Callisto images in November 1997.

Launched in October 1989, the spacecraft's mission is to conduct detailed studies of the giant planet, its largest moons and the Jovian magnetic environment.