Iocaste (moon)

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Not to be confused with the minor planet named 899 Jokaste.

Iocaste
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Iocaste imaged by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in December 2001
Discovery [1]
Discovered byScott S. Sheppard
David C. Jewitt
Yanga R. Fernandez
Eugene A. Magnier
Discovery siteMauna Kea Observatory
Discovery date23 November 2000
Designations
Designation
Jupiter XXIV
Pronunciation/aɪoʊˈkæstiː/
Named after
Ιοκάστη Iokástē or Jocasta
S/2000 J 3
AdjectivesIocastean /ˌaɪoʊkæˈstiːən/[2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 17 December 2020 (JD 2459200.5)
Observation arc17.39 yr (6,350 days)
0.1432617 AU (21,431,650 km)
Eccentricity0.3294908
–640.97 d
289.50565°
0° 33m 41.927s / day
Inclination149.42446° (to ecliptic)
343.53045°
110.27239°
Satellite ofJupiter
GroupAnanke group
Physical characteristics[5]
Mean diameter
5 km
Albedo0.04 (assumed)
21.8[4]
Absolute magnitude (H)
15.5[3]

Iocaste, also known as Jupiter XXIV, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 J 3.[6][1]

Iocaste orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 20.723 million kilometers in 640.97 days, at an inclination of 147° to the ecliptic (146° to Jupiter's equator) with an eccentricity of 0.2874.

It was named in October 2002 after Jocasta,[7] the mother/wife of Oedipus in Greek mythology.

Iocaste belongs to the Ananke group, believed to be the remnants of a break-up of a captured heliocentric asteroid.[8][9]

The satellite is about 5 kilometres in diameter[10] and appears grey (colour indices B−V=0.63, R−V=0.36), similar to C-type asteroids.[11]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Brian G. Marsden (5 January 2001). "S/2000 J 2, S/2000 J 3, S/2000 J 4, S/2000 J 5, S/2000 J 6". International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center.
  2. ^ Kin'ya Tsuruta (1996) Shiga Naoya's A Dark Night's Passing, p. 92
  3. ^ a b "M.P.C. 127087" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. Minor Planet Center. 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ Sheppard, Scott. "Scott S. Sheppard - Jupiter Moons". Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Carnegie Institution for Science. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. ^ Daniel W. E. Green (5 January 2001). "Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.
  7. ^ Daniel W. E. Green (22 October 2002). "Comet P/2002 T5 (Linear)". International Astronomical Union Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.
  8. ^ Sheppard, S. S.; Jewitt, D. C.; "An Abundant Population of Small Irregular Satellites Around Jupiter" Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Nature, Vol. 423 (May 2003), pp. 261–263
  9. ^ Nesvorný, D.; ; ; and Levison, H. F.; "Orbital and Collisional Evolution of the Irregular Satellites", The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 126 (2003), pp. 398–429[dead link]
  10. ^ Sheppard, S. S.; Jewitt, D. C.; Porco, C. C.; "Jupiter's Outer Satellites and Trojans" Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, in Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere, edited by Fran Bagenal, Timothy E. Dowling, and William B. McKinnon, Cambridge Planetary Science, Vol. 1, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-81808-7, 2004, pp. 263–280
  11. ^ Grav, T.; Holman, M. J.; Gladman, B. J.; and Aksnes, K.; "Photometric survey of the irregular satellites", Icarus, Vol. 166 (2003), pp. 33–45

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