mythological nymph Thebe. The second largest of the inner satellites of Jupiter, Thebe orbits within the outer edge of the Thebe gossamer ring that is...
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Rings of Jupiter (redirect from Thebe gossamer ring)
may have a small extension beyond the orbit of the satellite ending near 4:3 resonance with Thebe. In forward-scattered light the ring appears to be about...
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Moons of Jupiter (redirect from Satellite of Jupiter)
inclination and are split into two groups: Inner satellites or Amalthea group: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. These orbit very close to Jupiter; the innermost...
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A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another...
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Amalthea (moon) (redirect from Satellite Amalthea)
Thebe, Amalthea, and Metis". Icarus. 147 (2): 353–365. Bibcode:2000Icar..147..353S. doi:10.1006/icar.2000.6474. "Swiss Cheese Moon: Jovian Satellite Full...
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Megaclite (redirect from Megaclite (satellite))
was named in October 2002 after Megaclite, mother by Zeus (Jupiter) of Thebe and Locrus in Greek mythology. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular...
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Planetary nomenclature (section Thebe)
Martian satellites or people and places from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. People and places associated with the Amalthea myth. Features on Thebe are...
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and seven dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 300 natural satellites, or moons. At least 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally...
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discovered several natural satellites of outer Solar System planets such as Metis, Puck, Larissa (recovered), Cressida, Thebe and Proteus. The minor planet...
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Io (moon) (redirect from Satellite Io)
innermost of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter, its orbit lying between those of Thebe and Europa. Including Jupiter's inner satellites, Io is the fifth moon...
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Inner moon (redirect from Inner satellite)
inner satellites follow nearly circular, prograde orbits. The median eccentricity is 0.0012, while the most eccentric inner satellite is Thebe with e=0...
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Adrastea (moon) (redirect from Adrastea (satellite))
spacecraft. Soon after its discovery, two other of the inner moons of Jupiter (Thebe and Metis) were observed in the images taken a few months earlier by Voyager 1...
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Zethus (crater) (category Thebe (moon))
moon Thebe. The crater is named after Zethus, the husband of the nymph Thebe in Greek mythology, and is the only named surface feature on Thebe. It measures...
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includes minor planets (asteroids and dwarf planets), planets, and natural satellites. All geological features of a body (including craters) are typically named...
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Metis (moon) (redirect from Metis (satellite))
Belton, M. J. S. (October 2000). "Leading/Trailing Albedo Asymmetries of Thebe, Amalthea, and Metis". Icarus. 147 (2): 353–365. Bibcode:2000Icar..147....
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the god Dionysus during his war against the Indians. In the Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus, the seven warriors slaughter a bull over a black shield and...
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Naming of moons (redirect from Naming of natural satellites)
of satellites have had varying histories. The choice of names is often determined by a satellite's discoverer; however, historically some satellites were...
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Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons (redirect from Timeline of natural satellites)
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object...
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because the Moon's orbit is not perfectly circular. Usually, only the satellite is tidally locked to the larger body. However, if both the difference...
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Cook The Sphinx (Aeschylus), a fragmentary satyr play in the Seven Against Thebes trilogy The Sphinx (magazine), a 1902–1953 magazine for magicians The Sphinx...
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Planet « Satellite News". www.mst3kinfo.com. Retrieved November 28, 2016. "Episode guide: 1003- Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders « Satellite News". www...
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Orbital resonance (redirect from Satellite resonances)
(see Uranus' natural satellites). Similar to the case of Miranda, the present inclinations of Jupiter's moonlets Amalthea and Thebe are thought to be indications...
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intentional emulation towards Thebes is further stressed by the fact that these gods bore their original Theban epithets, leading to Thebes being more commonly...
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confirmed satellites, which can roughly be sorted into three groups: The Amalthea group, consisting of Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. They orbit...
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Epigoni (play) (category Seven against Thebes)
Greek mythology. According to myth, Polynices and the Seven against Thebes attacked Thebes because Polynices' brother, Eteocles, refused to give up the throne...
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Greek mythology. Alternatively, she was the daughter of Nycteus, king of Thebes, and the lover of Zeus. This minor planet is likely the first double asteroid...
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Solar System bodies (which includes the asteroids), all named natural satellites, and a number of smaller objects of historical or scientific interest...
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Cairo, and 402 km (250 mi) north of Luxor (site of the previous capital, Thebes). The city of Deir Mawas lies directly to its west. On the east side of...
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ocean. Two new, small satellites, Adrastea and Metis, were found orbiting just outside the ring. A third new satellite, Thebe, was discovered between...
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at once;.." Linus was said to have lived during the reign of Cadmus in Thebes and became important in the art of music along with Amphion and Zethus (1420...
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