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    Himalia (/hɪˈmeɪliə, hɪˈmɑːliə/), or Jupiter VI, is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter. With a diameter of at least 140 km (90 mi), it is the...
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    NASA's Solar System Exploration David Jewitt pages "Two Irregular Satellites of Jupiter" (Himalia & Elara: Remanzacco Observatory: November 23, 2012)...
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    confirm the satellite's orbit. The satellite has been found in precovery observations as early as 2003.[citation needed] Pandia is part of the Himalia group...
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    The Himalia group is a group of prograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Himalia and are thought to have a common origin...
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    outer natural satellites of the giant planets (irregular satellites) are too far away to have become locked. For example, Jupiter's Himalia, Saturn's Phoebe...
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    (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). The largest of each planet are Himalia of Jupiter, Phoebe of Saturn, Sycorax of Uranus, and Triton of Neptune...
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    Ersa (moon) (redirect from Ersa (satellite))
    confirm the satellite's orbit. The satellite has been found in precovery observations as early as 6 August 2000. Ersa is part of the Himalia group, a tight...
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    arc, parallel with and slightly inside the orbit of the irregular satellite Himalia. The amount of material in the part of the ring or arc imaged by New...
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    enough. The only satellites with measured masses are Amalthea, Himalia, and the four Galilean moons. The masses of the inner satellites are estimated by...
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    It was sometimes called "Demeter" from 1955 to 1975. It belongs to the Himalia group, moons orbiting between 11 and 13 Gm from Jupiter at an inclination...
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  • into two categories: prograde and retrograde. The prograde satellites consist of the Himalia group and three others in groups of one. The retrograde moons...
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  • Dia (moon) (redirect from Dia (satellite))
    stallion form; Pirithous was the issue. The satellite is one of several known small bodies in the Himalia group. Dia is thought to be about 4 kilometres...
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    largest irregular satellite of Uranus, comparable in size with Puck and with Himalia, the biggest irregular satellite of Jupiter. The satellite appears light-red...
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  • following British Antarctic Survey geological work, 1983–84, after Himalia, a satellite of the planet Jupiter, in association with Jupiter Glacier. The site...
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    Leda (moon) (redirect from Leda (satellite))
    suggested the name and the IAU endorsed it in 1975. Leda belongs to the Himalia group, moons orbiting between 11 and 13 Gm from Jupiter at an inclination...
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  • S/2011 J 3 (category Himalia group)
    collected over a long enough time span to confirm the satellite's orbit. S/2011 J 3 is part of the Himalia group, a tight cluster of prograde irregular moons...
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    the Galilean moons and the first group of prograde irregular moons, the Himalia group. Themisto is about 9 km (5.6 mi) in diameter (assuming an albedo...
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  • S/2018 J 2 (category Himalia group)
    confirm the satellite's orbit. The satellite has been found in precovery observations as early as 27 March 2003. S/2018 J 2 is part of the Himalia group, a...
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    moons: Saturn's Phoebe (210 km), Uranus's Sycorax (160 km), and Jupiter's Himalia (140 km) Mass of Triton: 2.14×1022 kg. Combined mass of 12 other known...
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    Pasiphae is the largest retrograde and third largest irregular satellite after Himalia and Elara. Spectroscopical measurements in infrared indicate that...
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  • 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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    (B–V = 0.83 V–R = 0.52, B–V = 0.84 ± 0.03 V–R = 0.57 ± 0.03), redder than Himalia but still less red than most Kuiper belt objects. Caliban may be slightly...
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  • 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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  • Bonnet wrote: "We know seventeen planets [that is, major planets and their satellites] that enter into the composition of our solar system; but we are not sure...
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    A.; A'hearn, M. F.; et al. (2005). "The mass of Himalia from the perturbations on other satellites" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 438 (3): L33–L36...
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    the Cassini spacecraft captured a very-low-resolution image of the moon Himalia, but it was too distant to show any surface details. The New Horizons probe...
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    Dillon Perrine discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Jupiter (Elara and Himalia) on photographs taken with the 36-inch Crossley reflecting telescope which...
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  • discovered 1857. Hestia was also an unofficial name for Jupiter's moon Himalia 1955–1975. Named for the goddess Hestia. 5 Astraea, discovered 1845, 24...
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  • moon Phoebe in 1905, and he also calculated orbits for Jupiter's satellites Himalia and Elara. When working for Eastman Kodak he investigated photographic...
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    Heights Ablation Valley Erratic Valley Flatiron Valley Ganymede Heights Himalia Ridge Marion Nunataks Mount Martine Mount Monique Moutonnée Lake Striation...
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