Taygete

Taygete Related Category: Astronomy: General in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.

Taygete In Greek mythology, Taygete was a nymph, one of the Pleiades according to Apollodorus and a companion of Artemis, in her archaic role as potnia theron, "Mistress of the animals." Taygetus in Laconia, dedicated to the Goddess, was her haunt....

28 Nicholson 1914 Iocaste XXIV Jupiter 20216 Sheppard(i) 2000 S/2000 J 3 Harpalyke XXII Jupiter 21132 Sheppard(i) 2000 S/2000 J 5 Praxidike XXVIIJupiter 20964 Sheppard(i) 2000 S/2000 J 7 Taygete XX Jupiter 23312 Sheppard(i) 2000 S/2000 J 9 Chaldene ...

Unlike their half-sisters the Hyades, the names of all seven Pleiades are assigned to stars in the cluster: Alcyone, Asterope (also known as Sterope), Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope and Taygete.

The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.

By the way, the recently proposed new moon names are: Themisto, Iocaste, Harpalyke, Praxidike, Taygete, Chaldene, Kalyke, Callirrhoe, Megaclite, Isonoe, and Erinsome.

1914 Names for the newer (discovered in the year 2000 or before) moons have been established (Oct 22, 2002): Jupiter XVII Callirrhoe = S/1999 J 1 Jupiter XVIII Themisto = S/1975 J 1 = S/2000 J 1 Jupiter XIX Megaclite = S/2000 J 8 Jupiter XX Taygete = ...

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