What is Taygete (moon)?
'''Taygete''' or '''{{nowrap|Jupiter XX}}''' is a non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moon of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. It was found by a team of astronomers from the [[University of Hawaii]] led by [[Scott S. Sheppard]], ''et al.'' in [[2000]], and given the designation '''{{nowrap|S/2000 J 9}}'''.<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07500/07555.html IAUC 7555: ''Satellites of Jupiter''] [[2001]] [[January 5]] (discovery)</ref><ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K01/K01A29.html MPEC 2001-A29: ''S/2000 J 7, S/2000 J 8, S/2000 J 9, S/2000 J 10, S/2000 J 11''] [[2001]] [[January 15]] (discovery and ephemeris)</ref><ref> [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K01/K01T59.html MPEC 2001-T59: ''S/2000 J 8, S/2000 J 9, S/2000 J 10''] [[2001]] [[October 15]] (revised ephemeris)</ref> Taygete is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,439,000&nbsp;km in 686.675 days, at an [[inclination]] of 165° to the [[ecliptic]] (163° to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.3678. == History == It was named in October 2002<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07998.html IAUC 7998: ''Satellites of Jupiter''] [[2002]] [[October 22]] (naming the moon)</ref> after Taygete, one of the [[Pleiades (mythology)|Pleiades]], daughter of the Titan [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] and mother of [[Lacedaemon]] by [[Zeus]] (Jupiter). It belongs to the [[Carme group]], made up of non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23,000,000 and 24,000,000&nbsp;km and at an inclination of about 165°. == References == {{reflist}} {{Moons of Jupiter}} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]]