Talk:Thebe (moon)

Discovery

So was this discoverd by S synnot or voyager1?

Voyager did take the photo, but it was the human who noted that what the photo showed was a moon. andy

Jupiter's four first discovered moons were Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto. Thebe could hardly be fourth. And I had thought that Thebe was a moon of Saturn...although I could be wrong on that point.

Fourth means not by discovery date, but by distance from the planet. Seems like the article needs a little clarification on this point. (Done) andy

adj.

The name is just the Greek form of 'Thebes' (Homeric poetic form of Thêbai), so the standard Latin adjectival form Theban is appropriate. kwami 2005 June 30 00:07 (UTC)