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Megaclite

A moon of Jupiter — A small Pasiphae-group retrograde from the 2000 Mauna Kea sweep.

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Quick facts

Parent planet

Jupiter

Diameter (mean)

5 km

Mass

2.1 × 10¹⁴ kg
2.9e-09 Moon masses

Mean orbital radius

23,806,000 km

Orbital period

752.9 Earth days

Discovery year

2000

Discoverer

Scott S. Sheppard et al.

Naming origin

Greek lover of Zeus

Surface conditions

Megaclite is a 5-km retrograde irregular in the Pasiphae group, named in 2003.

Missions and observations

Every Jupiter-system mission has had an opportunity to image or characterize Megaclite. The list below is the Jupiter-system mission catalog; specific Megaclite encounters are documented in mission archives.

Mission	Year at Jupiter	Status
Pioneer 10 NASA	1973	Completed
Pioneer 11 NASA	1974	Completed
Voyager 1 NASA	1979	Completed
Voyager 2 NASA	1979	Completed
Ulysses NASA/ESA	1992	Completed
Galileo NASA	1995	Completed
Cassini-Huygens NASA/ESA/ASI	2000	Completed
New Horizons NASA	2007	Completed
Juno NASA	2016	Active
Europa Clipper NASA	2030	On the way
JUICE ESA	2031	On the way

Naming etymology

Megaclite was a lover of Zeus in Greek mythology. Adopted by the IAU in 2003.

Methodology & sources

Diameter, mass, and orbital parameters from JPL Solar System Dynamics — Physical Parameters. Discovery year and discoverer from the JPL Satellite Discovery Circumstances. Naming etymology from the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. Stylized SVG hero composed from NASA / JPL imagery as visual reference; no photographs are reproduced.