Themisto

Summary

Themisto is a moon of Jupiter^[1]. Themisto draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #11 of 91).^[2]

Key Facts

• Themisto is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal^[3].
• Themisto is credited with the discovery of Elizabeth Roemer^[4].
• Themisto is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[5].
• Themisto is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[6].
• Themisto is credited with the discovery of Yanga R. Fernández^[7].
• Themisto's image is recorded as S 2000 J 1.jpg^[8].
• Themisto's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter^[9].
• Themisto's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[10].
• Themisto is named after Themisto^[11].
• Themisto's Commons category is recorded as Themisto (moon)^[12].
• Themisto's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[13].
• Themisto's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1975-09-30T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Themisto's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-21T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Themisto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pc1z^[16].
• Themisto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2006'}^[17].
• Themisto's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21'}^[18].
• Themisto's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031635^[19].
• Themisto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.28121'}^[20].
• Themisto's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+690'}^[21].
• Themisto's temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+124'}^[22].
• Themisto's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+4'}^[23].
• Themisto's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+129.95'}^[24].
• Themisto's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+7393220'}^[25].
• Themisto's NAIF ID is recorded as 518^[26].
• Themisto's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Charles T. Kowal^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1940–2011^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the James Craig Watson Medal^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32]; Elizabeth Roemer^[4], an astronomer^[33], 1929–2016^[34], of United States^[35]; Scott S. Sheppard^[5], an astronomer^[36], b. 1977^[37], of United States^[38], specialised in astronomy^[39]; David Clifford Jewitt^[6], an astronomer^[40], b. 1958^[41], of United States^[42], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics^[43], specialised in astronomy^[44]; and Yanga R. Fernández^[7], an astronomer^[45], b. 1971^[46], of Canada^[47].

Why It Matters

Themisto draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #11 of 91).^[2] Themisto has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] Themisto is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]