Iocaste
(Encyclopedia) Iocaste, in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
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Kalyke
(Encyclopedia) Kalyke, in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
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Harpalyke
(Encyclopedia) Harpalyke, in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
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Praxidike
(Encyclopedia) Praxidike, in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
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Taygete
(Encyclopedia) Taygete, in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
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Themisto
(Encyclopedia) Themisto, in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
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Erinome
(Encyclopedia) Erinome, in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
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Jodrell Bank Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Jodrell Bank Observatory jôdˈrəl [key], observatory for radio astronomy located at Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, England. Founded in 1945 on the site of a botanical experiment station, it is administ...
sidereal period
(Encyclopedia) sidereal period, in astronomy, length of time a body takes to complete an orbit relative to the fixed stars. See sidereal time.
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Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de
(Encyclopedia) Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de läläNdˈ [key], 1732–1807, French astronomer. Under the direction of the French Academy of Science, he went to Berlin in 1751 to make observations on the p...
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