Kale

Summary

Kale is a moon of Jupiter^[1]. Kale draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #30 of 91).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kale is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• Kale is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[4].
• Kale is credited with the discovery of Jan Kleyna^[5].
• Kale's image is recorded as Kale-discovery-CFHT-annotated.gif^[6].
• Kale's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter^[7].
• Kale's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[8].
• Kale is named after Kale^[9].
• Kale's Commons category is recorded as Kale (moon)^[10].
• Kale's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[11].
• Kale's provisional designation is recorded as S/2001 J 8^[12].
• Kale's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-12-09T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Kale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r5_s^[14].
• Kale's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2011'}^[15].
• Kale's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+23.0'}^[16].
• Kale's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031669^[17].
• Kale's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+166.17658'}^[18].
• Kale's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+2.6'}^[19].
• Kale's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+15'}^[20].
• Kale's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+729.47'}^[21].
• Kale's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+23217000'}^[22].
• Kale's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+29253000'}^[23].
• Kale's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+17181000'}^[24].
• Kale's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2'}^[25].
• Kale's name is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'Júpiter XXXVII'}^[26].
• Kale's NAIF ID is recorded as 537^[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 Jan Kleyna^[5], an astronomer^[37], b. 1970^[38], of United Kingdom^[39], specialised in astronomy^[40].

Why It Matters

Kale draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #30 of 91).^[2] Kale has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Kale is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]