Kalyke

Summary

Kalyke is a moon of Jupiter^[1]. Kalyke draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #37 of 91).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kalyke is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• Kalyke is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[4].
• Kalyke is credited with the discovery of Yanga R. Fernández^[5].
• Kalyke's image is recorded as Kalyke-Jewitt-CFHT-annotated.gif^[6].
• Kalyke's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter^[7].
• Kalyke's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[8].
• Calyce (mythology) is named after Kalyke^[9].
• Kalyke's Commons category is recorded as Kalyke (moon)^[10].
• Kalyke's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[11].
• Kalyke's provisional designation is recorded as S/2000 J 2^[12].
• Kalyke's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Kalyke's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t029^[14].
• Kalyke's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2140'}^[15].
• Kalyke's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.8'}^[16].
• Kalyke's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031661^[17].
• Kalyke's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+165.50514'}^[18].
• Kalyke's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+2.6'}^[19].
• Kalyke's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+190'}^[20].
• Kalyke's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+721.02'}^[21].
• Kalyke's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+23180793'}^[22].
• Kalyke's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+29246700'}^[23].
• Kalyke's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+18220966'}^[24].
• Kalyke's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5.2'}^[25].
• Kalyke's name is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'Jupiter XXIII'}^[26].
• Kalyke's NAIF ID is recorded as 523^[27].

Body

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

Kalyke draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #37 of 91).^[2] Kalyke has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Kalyke is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]