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Despina (des-pee'-nÉ™ or sometimes des-pye'-nÉ™, IPA , Latin DespÅ"na from Greek Î"εσποίνÎ-), or Neptune V, is the third known moon of Neptune. It is named after Despina, a nymph who was a daughter of Poseidon.
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in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Neptune.
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Neptune V - 1989N3
Despina, only 27,700 kilometers (17,200 miles) from Neptune's clouds, orbits every 8 hours. Its diameter is about 150 kilometers (90 miles). It is irregularly shaped and shows no sign of any geological modification.
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Neptune V
Despina is the third of Neptune's known satellites: orbit: 52,600 km from Neptune diameter: 148 km mass: ?
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The third of Neptune's known moons is the world of Despina. This small icy world was discovered in 1989 by Voyager 2.
In Greek Mythology Despina is the daughter of Neptune and Demeter.
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Despina is a tiny moon of . It was discovered using NASA's Voyager 2 mission in 1989. It orbits 52,530 km from the center of Neptune and is about 148 km in diameter.
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During its visit to the Neptunian system, Voyager 2 also discovered six new moons (listed above) including the 150-kilometre wide Despina.
The small satellites Galatea and Despina orbit Neptune just planetward of 1989N1R and 1989N2R, respectively, and may gravitationally repel particles near the inner edges of these rings.
Neptune has eight known moons: Triton, Thalassa, Naiad, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus and Nereid.
Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Neptune on August 25, 1989.
Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea.
Voyager 2 discovered six new ones, which are named Naiad, Galatea, Thalassa, Larissa, Proteus, and Despina. Since then, five more were discovered but have yet to be named. Either way, this gives us a grand total of 13 satellites.
The first four moons of Neptune, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, and Galatea, are so close to Neptune that they orbit within its ring system. Little is known about them.
Neptune's innermost four moons, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, and Galatea, orbit close enough to be within Neptune's rings. The next farthest out, Larissa was originally discovered in 1981 when it had occulted a star.
Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, plus others yet to receive names
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So far, eight moons have been discovered orbiting Neptune. They are (from nearest the planet to furthest): Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton and Nereid.
The Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos had sent his illegitimate daughter Maria Despina Palaiologina to be the bride of Hulagu Khan, Abaqa's predecessor....
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Revolution time around sun ... 164 years (60,189 d)
Orbital velocity ............. 3.38 miles/second
Number of Moons .............. 8, Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus.
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 See also: Neptune, Earth, Orbit, Galatea, Thalassa
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