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Leda ![]()
Leda, the ninth satellite of Jupiter was discovered by C. Kowal in 1974. In Greek mythology, Leda was the mother of Helen and Pollux and is the queen of Sparta. There is very little information known about Leda.
| PHYSICAL DATA FOR LEDA | |
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| Mass (kg) | 5.68e + 15 |
| Mass (Earth = 1) | 9.5047e - 10 |
| Radius (km) | 8 |
| Radius (Earth = 1) | 1.2543e - 03 |
| Mean Density (g/cm3) | 2.7 |
| Mean Distance from Jupiter (km) | 11,094,000 |
| Magnitude (V0) | 20.2 |
| ORBITAL DATA FOR LEDA | |
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| Rotational period (days) | ? |
| Orbital period (days) | 238.72 |
| Mean orbital velocity (km/s) | 3.38 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.1476 |
| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 26.07 |
| Escape (km/s) | 0.0097 |
| Albedo | ? |
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