Quick facts
Parent planet
Diameter (mean)
5 km
Mass
1.6 × 10¹⁴ kg
2.2e-09 Moon masses
Mean orbital radius
23,360,000 km
Orbital period
732.4 Earth days
Discovery year
2000
Discoverer
Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Naming origin
One of the Pleiades; lover of Zeus
Surface conditions
Taygete is a 5-km retrograde irregular in the Carme group. Named in 2003.
Missions and observations
Every Jupiter-system mission has had an opportunity to image or characterize Taygete. The list below is the Jupiter-system mission catalog; specific Taygete 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
Taygete was one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas, a nymph beloved by Zeus. 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.