page_title: Megaclite
hierarchical_section_title: Megaclite
caption_attribution_description: English: Animation of three images of Jupiter's irregular moon Megaclite (S/2000 J 8), taken by David Jewitt using the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on 9 December 2001. Each image was taken approximately 30 minutes apart, showing the moon's motion relative to the background stars and galaxies. The apparent magnitude of Megaclite is 22.1. The raw image datasets used are 615032p, 615039p, and 615046p. For comparison, the star field in these images can be viewed at the CDS's Aladin star atlas.
context_page_description: Megaclite, also known as Jupiter XIX, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 J 8.
  Megaclite is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 24,687,000 kilometers in 792.437 days, at an inclination of 150° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.308.
  It was named in October 2002 after Megaclite, mother by Zeus of Thebe and Locrus in Greek mythology.
  It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22.8 and 24.7 Gm, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.
context_section_description: Megaclite /mɛɡəˈklaɪtiː/, also known as Jupiter XIX, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 J 8.
  Megaclite is about 6 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 24,687,000 kilometers in 792.437 days, at an inclination of 150° to the ecliptic (148° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.308.
  It was named in October 2002 after Megaclite, mother by Zeus (Jupiter) of Thebe and Locrus in Greek mythology.
  It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22.8 and 24.7 Gm, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.
caption: Megaclite imaged by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in December 2001