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- ....com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, ''Carnegie Science'', on line]</ref> ...{{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|iː|m|iː}}, also known as '''{{nowrap|Jupiter XL}}''', is a [[Prograde and retrograde motion|retrograde]] [[irregular satellite]] of [[Jupiter]]. ...3 KB (383 words) - 20:51, 7 June 2025
- '''Sao''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|eɪ|.|oʊ}} is a [[Prograde and retrograde motion|prograde]] [[irregular satellite]] of [[Neptune]]. It was discovered by [[Matthew J. Sao orbits Neptune at a distance of about 22.4 million km and is about 44 kilometers in diameter (a ...6 KB (727 words) - 14:51, 24 February 2024
- ....com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, ''Carnegie Science'', on line]</ref> ...|retrograde]] [[irregular satellite]] of [[Jupiter]]. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the [[University of Hawaii]] led by [[Scott S. She ...3 KB (443 words) - 07:33, 7 June 2025
- ...Prograde and retrograde motion|prograde]] [[irregular satellite]] of the [[moons of Uranus]]. It was discovered by [[Scott S. Sheppard]], et al. in 2003 an ...t,” which was my Mom’s name, on the Web, and “Shakespeare.” And it came up with ''Much Ado about Nothing''. And I said that’s it, that’s what I’ll name it. ...8 KB (1,036 words) - 04:09, 28 June 2025
- | pronounced = {{IPAc-en|θ|aɪ|ˈ|oʊ|n|iː}}<ref>Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''</ref> ....com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, ''Carnegie Science'', on line]</ref> ...4 KB (508 words) - 21:05, 7 June 2025
- ...upiter]] that follow similar [[orbit]]s to Himalia and are thought to have a common origin.<ref name="SJ2003">[[Scott S. Sheppard]], [[David C. Jewitt]] ...d'''a''', Himali'''a''' and so on) for the moons in this group to indicate prograde motions of these bodies relative to Jupiter, their gravitationally central ...7 KB (925 words) - 07:20, 28 June 2025
- ...}}, also known as '''Neptune XII''', is a [[Prograde and retrograde motion|prograde]] [[irregular satellite]] of [[Neptune]]. It was discovered by [[Matthew J. It orbits Neptune at a distance of about 23,571,000 km and is about 42 kilometers in diameter ...5 KB (609 words) - 21:32, 29 June 2025
- | pronounced = {{IPAc-en|h|æ|l|ə|ˈ|m|iː|d|iː}}<ref>Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''</ref> | period = 1879.08 d <br /> (5.14 [[Julian year (astronomy)|a]]) ...7 KB (928 words) - 03:00, 29 June 2025
- | perihelion_rate = N/A ...n March 2005 after [[Horae#Descriptions|Carpo]], one of the [[Horae]], and a daughter of [[Zeus]] (Jupiter).<ref name="Gazetteer"/> ...7 KB (941 words) - 14:50, 24 February 2024
- ...pectively. The satellites with inclinations below 90° are [[prograde orbit|prograde]], those above 90° are [[retrograde motion|retrograde]]. The X-axis is labe ...eccentricities]] between 0.11 and 0.39. They take an average of 2 years to orbit Saturn. ...8 KB (918 words) - 03:59, 29 June 2025
- {{short description|Angle between a reference plane and the plane of an orbit}} ...Fig. 1: Orbital inclination represented by '''''i''''' (dark green), along with other fundamental [[orbital parameters]]]] ...11 KB (1,556 words) - 17:37, 23 September 2025
- ...oʊ}}<ref>Cf. 'Themista' in {{cite book|author=Noah Webster|year=1884|title=A Practical Dictionary of the English Language}}</ref> ...|ə|n}}<ref>'Themis[t]oan' in {{cite book|author=James Hall|year=2015|title=Moons of the Solar System|page=82}}</ref> {{nowrap|Themistoian {{IPAc-en|θ|ɛ|m|ə| ...9 KB (1,178 words) - 10:10, 15 February 2025
- ...the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].<ref name="IAUC 8209" /> It was named after a character in [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Timon of Athens]]''.<ref na ...e interactions that cause the smaller Cupid to drift into a more dangerous orbit over this timescale.<ref name="French Showalter 2012">{{cite journal |last1 ...6 KB (729 words) - 03:04, 29 June 2025
- ...Y and X-axis, respectively. The satellites with inclinations below 90° are prograde, those above 90° are [[retrograde motion|retrograde]]. The X-axis is labele ...reserves names taken from [[Celtic mythology|Gallic mythology]] for these moons. ...8 KB (1,044 words) - 04:12, 29 June 2025
- {{short description|Apparent backward motion of a planet}} ...lestial bodies relative to a gravitationally central object|Retrograde and prograde motion}} ...12 KB (1,845 words) - 20:26, 15 November 2025
- ...n|retrograde]] [[irregular satellite]] of [[Uranus]]. It was discovered by a group of astronomers led by Holman, ''et al.'' on 13 August 2001, and given ...pest (play)|The Tempest]]''. Trinculo is the third smallest of Uranus's 28 moons after [[Ferdinand (moon)|Ferdinand]] and [[S/2023 U 1]] and is approximatel ...5 KB (710 words) - 18:13, 28 June 2025
- ...075-ch020 |editor2=Clark, R.N. |editor3=Howett, C.J.A. |editor4=Verbiscer, A.J. |editor5=Waite, J.H. |chapter-url=https://tilmanndenk.de/wp-content/uplo ...ugust 2003, is after [[Tarvos Trigaranus|Tarvos]], a [[deity]] depicted as a [[bull]] god carrying three [[crane (bird)|cranes]] alongside its back from ...7 KB (874 words) - 18:15, 26 May 2025
- | period = prograde, ca. 20 h ...d moon]] {{cvt|1200|by|1400|by|1600|m}}, in size) that orbits [[243 Ida]], a [[main-belt asteroid]]. It was imaged by the ''[[Galileo spacecraft|Galileo ...8 KB (1,010 words) - 10:24, 21 October 2025
- | pronounced = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|aɪ|.|ə}}<ref>Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''</ref> ...t S. Sheppard]], [[David C. Jewitt]], [[Yanga R. Fernández]], and [[Eugene A. Magnier]]<!-- G. for "Gene" --> ...6 KB (781 words) - 19:09, 6 June 2025
- ...Ac-en|p|r|æ|k|ˈ|s|ɪ|d|ə|k|iː}}<ref>as 'Praxidice' in Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''</ref> ....com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, ''Carnegie Science'', on line]</ref> ...7 KB (861 words) - 20:58, 7 June 2025