Thyone

Summary

Thyone is a moon of Jupiter^[1]. Thyone draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #36 of 91).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thyone is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• Thyone is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[4].
• Thyone is credited with the discovery of Jan Kleyna^[5].
• Thyone's image is recorded as Thyone-discovery-CFHT-annotated.gif^[6].
• Thyone's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter^[7].
• Thyone's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[8].
• Semele is named after Thyone^[9].
• Thyone's Commons category is recorded as Thyone (moon)^[10].
• Thyone's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[11].
• Thyone's provisional designation is recorded as S/2001 J 2^[12].
• Thyone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-12-11T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Thyone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02scqv^[14].
• Thyone's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.229'}^[15].
• Thyone's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+22.3'}^[16].
• Thyone's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031672^[17].
• Thyone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+148.509'}^[18].
• Thyone's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+90'}^[19].
• Thyone's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+627.3'}^[20].
• Thyone's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+20940000'}^[21].
• Thyone's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+4'}^[22].
• Thyone's name is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'Júpiter XXIX'}^[23].
• Thyone's NAIF ID is recorded as 529^[24].
• Thyone's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[25].
• Thyone's surface gravity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1051665', 'amount': '+0.0015'}^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Scott S. Sheppard^[3], an astronomer^[27], b. 1977^[28], of United States^[29], specialised in astronomy^[30]; David Clifford Jewitt^[4], an astronomer^[31], b. 1958^[32], of United States^[33], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics^[34], specialised in astronomy^[35]; and Jan Kleyna^[5], an astronomer^[36], b. 1970^[37], of United Kingdom^[38], specialised in astronomy^[39].

Why It Matters

Thyone draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #36 of 91).^[2] Thyone has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Thyone is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]