Laomedeia
Moon· orbits Neptune
Laomedeia — moon of Neptune.
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Key facts
Orbit around Neptune
8.73 Earth years
3,188 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Neptune
- Distance from Neptune
- 0.219 AU
- Orbital period
- 8.73 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.4048
- Inclination
- 56.78 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.00111 S⊕ · 1/905 of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- J. Kavelaars, M. Holman, T. Grav, W. Fraser, D. Milisavljevic
Laomedeia was discovered in 2002 by J. Kavelaars and colleagues. Neptune's moons are named after sea deities and nymphs of Greek mythology. Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.