Megaclite

Summary

Megaclite is a moon of Jupiter^[1]. Megaclite draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #31 of 91).^[2]

Key Facts

• Megaclite is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• Megaclite is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[4].
• Megaclite is credited with the discovery of Yanga R. Fernández^[5].
• Megaclite's image is recorded as Megaclite-Jewitt-CFHT-annotated.gif^[6].
• Megaclite's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter^[7].
• Megaclite's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[8].
• Megaclite is named after Megaclite^[9].
• Megaclite's Commons category is recorded as Megaclite^[10].
• Megaclite's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[11].
• Megaclite's provisional designation is recorded as S/2000 J 8^[12].
• Megaclite's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-25T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Megaclite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t05d^[14].
• Megaclite's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.421'}^[15].
• Megaclite's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.7'}^[16].
• Megaclite's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031663^[17].
• Megaclite's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+210'}^[18].
• Megaclite's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+24687260'}^[19].
• Megaclite's NAIF ID is recorded as 519^[20].
• Megaclite's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[21].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Scott S. Sheppard^[3], an astronomer^[22], b. 1977^[23], of United States^[24], specialised in astronomy^[25]; David Clifford Jewitt^[4], an astronomer^[26], b. 1958^[27], of United States^[28], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics^[29], specialised in astronomy^[30]; and Yanga R. Fernández^[5], an astronomer^[31], b. 1971^[32], of Canada^[33].

Why It Matters

Megaclite draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #31 of 91).^[2] Megaclite has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Megaclite is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]