Iocaste

Summary

Iocaste is a moon of Jupiter^[1]. Iocaste draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #37 of 91).^[2]

Key Facts

• Iocaste is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• Iocaste is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[4].
• Iocaste is credited with the discovery of Yanga R. Fernández^[5].
• Iocaste's image is recorded as Iocaste-Jewitt-CFHT-annotated.gif^[6].
• Iocaste's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter^[7].
• Iocaste's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[8].
• Jocasta is named after Iocaste^[9].
• Iocaste's Commons category is recorded as Iocaste (moon)^[10].
• Iocaste's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[11].
• Iocaste's provisional designation is recorded as S/2000 J 3^[12].
• Iocaste's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Iocaste's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02s_yq^[14].
• Iocaste's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2874'}^[15].
• Iocaste's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.8'}^[16].
• Iocaste's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031645^[17].
• Iocaste's different from is recorded as Jocasta^[18].
• Iocaste's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+147.24851'}^[19].
• Iocaste's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+190'}^[20].
• Iocaste's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+609.43'}^[21].
• Iocaste's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+20722584'}^[22].
• Iocaste's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2667838'}^[23].
• Iocaste's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+14766781'}^[24].
• Iocaste's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5.2'}^[25].
• Iocaste's NAIF ID is recorded as 524^[26].
• Iocaste's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Scott S. Sheppard^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1977^[29], of United States^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31]; David Clifford Jewitt^[4], an astronomer^[32], b. 1958^[33], of United States^[34], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36]; and Yanga R. Fernández^[5], an astronomer^[37], b. 1971^[38], of Canada^[39].

Why It Matters

Iocaste draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #37 of 91).^[2] Iocaste has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Iocaste is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]