Taygete

Summary

Taygete is a moon of Jupiter^[1]. Taygete draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #32 of 91).^[2]

Key Facts

• Taygete is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• Taygete is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[4].
• Taygete is credited with the discovery of Yanga R. Fernández^[5].
• Taygete's image is recorded as Taygete-Jewitt-CFHT-annotated.gif^[6].
• Taygete's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter^[7].
• Taygete's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[8].
• Taygete is named after Taygete^[9].
• Taygete's Commons category is recorded as Taygete (moon)^[10].
• Taygete's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[11].
• Taygete's provisional designation is recorded as S/2000 J 9^[12].
• Taygete's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-25T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Taygete's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t01l^[14].
• Taygete's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.252'}^[15].
• Taygete's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.9'}^[16].
• Taygete's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Taygete-astronomy^[17].
• Taygete's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031654^[18].
• Taygete's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+164.89018'}^[19].
• Taygete's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+2.6'}^[20].
• Taygete's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+160'}^[21].
• Taygete's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+686.67'}^[22].
• Taygete's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+22438668'}^[23].
• Taygete's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+29246700'}^[24].
• Taygete's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+17473300'}^[25].
• Taygete's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5'}^[26].
• Taygete's name is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'Jupiter XX'}^[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

Taygete draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #32 of 91).^[2] Taygete has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Taygete is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]