Actaea

moon of Salacia
Thing minor_planet_moon Q343201
Actaea
William Grundy/Keck Observatory Archive/W. M. Keck Observatory (WMKO)/NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI; JPL-Caltech) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Actaea

Summary

Actaea is a minor planet moon[1]. Actaea draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (minor_planet_moon category, ranking #7 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Actaea is credited with the discovery of Keith S. Noll[3].
  • Actaea is credited with the discovery of Harold F. Levison[4].
  • Actaea is credited with the discovery of Denise Stephens[5].
  • Actaea is credited with the discovery of Will Grundy[6].
  • Actaea's image is recorded as Salacia and Actaea Keck-NIRC2 brightened.jpg[7].
  • Actaea's instance of is recorded as minor planet moon[8].
  • Actaea's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Hubble Space Telescope[9].
  • Actaea is named after Actaea[10].
  • Actaea's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Actaea symbol.svg[11].
  • Actaea's parent astronomical body is recorded as Q136964[12].
  • Actaea's provisional designation is recorded as S/2006 (120347) 1[13].
  • Actaea's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-07-21T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Actaea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0084'}[15].
  • Actaea's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.850'}[16].
  • Actaea's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.89'}[17].
  • Actaea's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+196.5'}[18].
  • Actaea's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+5.493882'}[19].
  • Actaea's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5619'}[20].
  • Actaea's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5666'}[21].
  • Actaea's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5572'}[22].
  • Actaea's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+393'}[23].
  • Actaea's BabelNet ID is recorded as 17396923n[24].
  • Actaea's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121d1744[25].
  • Actaea's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.021'}[26].
  • Actaea's Fandom article ID is recorded as thesolarsystem:Actaea[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Keith S. Noll[3], a planetary scientist[28], b. 1958[29], of United States[30], awarded the American Astronomical Society Education Prize[31]; Harold F. Levison[4], an astronomer[32], b. 1959[33], of United States[34], specialised in astronomy[35]; Denise Stephens[5], an astronomer[36], b. 1953[37], of United States[38]; and Will Grundy[6], a researcher[39], b. 1965[40], of United States[41].

Why It Matters

Actaea draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (minor_planet_moon category, ranking #7 of 21).[2] Actaea has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Physical properties of trans-neptunian binaries (120347) Salacia–Actaea and (42355) Typhon–Echidna. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Physical properties of trans-neptunian binaries (120347) Salacia–Actaea and (42355) Typhon–Echidna. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ALMA submm measurements of the trans-Neptunian binary system satellites Ilmarë, Actaea, Hi’iaka and Namaka. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved . johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ALMA submm measurements of the trans-Neptunian binary system satellites Ilmarë, Actaea, Hi’iaka and Namaka. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ALMA submm measurements of the trans-Neptunian binary system satellites Ilmarë, Actaea, Hi’iaka and Namaka. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Actaea. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/actaea-q343201
MLA “Actaea.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/actaea-q343201.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_actaea-q343201_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Actaea}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/actaea-q343201}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Actaea — https://4ort.xyz/entity/actaea-q343201 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/actaea-q343201 · Last refreshed: