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Hippocamp (moon)

Hippocamp, also designated Neptune XIV, is a small inner moon of Neptune discovered on 1 July 2013. It was found by astronomer Mark Showalter by analyzing archived Neptune photographs the Hubble Space Telescope captured between 2004 and 2009. The moon is so dim that it was not observed when the Voyager 2 space probe flew by Neptune and its moons in 1989.…

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Adjectives
Hippocampian /hɪpəˈkæmpiən/
Albedo
≈0.09 (assumed)
Alternative names
S/2004 N 1
Apparent magnitude
26.5±0.3
Argument of perihelion
305.446°
Designation
Neptune XIV

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Hippocamp (moon)

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Edges73
Triples21
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
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Adjectives · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → Hippocampian /hɪpəˈkæmpiən/
Albedo · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → ≈0.09 (assumed)
Alternative names · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → S/2004 N 1
Apparent magnitude · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → 26.5±0.3
Argument of perihelion · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → 305.446°
Designation · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → Neptune XIV
Discovered by · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → M. R. Showalter I. de Pater J. J. Lissauer R. S. French
Discovery date · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → 1 July 2013
Earliest precovery date · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → 6 November 2004
Eccentricity · 1
Hippocamp (moon) → 0.00084±0.00032

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hippocamp neptune proteus moon showalter moons orbit neptune's inner km mi images orbital 2004 impact hubble mass present ejected space

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hippocamp (moon)AdjectivesHippocampian /hɪpəˈkæmpiən/1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Albedo≈0.09 (assumed)1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Alternative namesS/2004 N 11.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Apparent magnitude26.5±0.31.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Argument of perihelion305.446°1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)DesignationNeptune XIV1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Discovered byM. R. Showalter I. de Pater J. J. Lissauer R. S. French1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Discovery date1 July 20131.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Earliest precovery date6 November 20041.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Eccentricity0.00084±0.000321.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Inclination0.0641°±0.0507° (to Neptune's equator) 0.0019° (to local Laplace plane)1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Longitude of ascending node110.467°1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Mass(1.029–30.87)×1015 kg[b]1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Mean anomaly329.901°1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Mean radius17.4±2.0 km1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Named afterἱππόκαμπος hippokampos1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Orbital period (sidereal)0.95 d (22.8 h)1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Pronunciation/ˈhɪpəkæmp/1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Satellite ofNeptune1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Semi-major axis105,283 km1.00infobox
Hippocamp (moon)Synodic rotation periodsynchronous1.00infobox

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