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Thebe

Moon of Jupiter

Also known as Jupiter XIV · S/1979 J2

Orbits: Jupiter
Mass: 1.5 zettagram
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1.ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_parRetrieved 2020-09-05
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Radius: 49.3 km
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Orbital period: 0.6745 days
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1.Stated in Cassini ISS astrometric observations of the inner jovian satellites, Amalthea and Thebe
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Semi-major axis: 221,900 km
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1.nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/joviansatfact.html
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Discovered by: Stephen P. Synnott
Discovered: March 5, 1979

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Thebe, also known as Jupiter XIV, is the fourth of Jupiter's moons by distance from the planet. It was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott in images from the Voyager 1 space probe taken on March 5, 1979, while making its flyby of Jupiter. In 1983, it was officially named after the mythological nymph Thebe.

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Site of astronomical discovery: Voyager 1
Named after: Thebe
Albedo: 0.047
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1.Stated in Leading/Trailing Albedo Asymmetries of Thebe, Amalthea, and Metis
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Eccentricity: 0.0177
Periapsis: 218,000 km
Apoapsis: 226,000 km
Volume as quantity: 500,000 cubic kilometre
Inclination: 1.076 degree relative to: Jupiter

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8 identifiers linking Thebe across the web's reference databases

Bing entity IDa38db91b-fcf3-6a28-2dc0-c047eee6f515
Fandom article IDthesolarsystem:Thebe
Freebase ID/m/0nkh1
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7031630
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDtebe
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0246922
NAIF ID514
Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["PlanetaryMoon", "Thebe"]

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