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Leda / ˈ l iː d ə /, also known as Jupiter XIII, is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter.It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974, after three nights' worth of photographic plates had been taken (September 11 through 13; Leda appears on all of them).
Leda and the Swan, ancient fresco from Pompeii. In Greek mythology, Leda (/ ˈ l iː d ə, ˈ l eɪ-/; Ancient Greek: Λήδα [lɛ́ːdaː]) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen. According to Ovid, she was famed for her beautiful black hair and snowy skin. [1] Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and later art ...
A montage of Jupiter and its four largest moons (distance and sizes not to scale) There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of 5 February 2024. [1] [note 1] This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. [4]
Leda (moon), a moon of Jupiter; 38 Leda, an asteroid; Leda, the original proposed name for exoplanet Thestias; Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database, an astronomical catalog of galaxies; Large Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages, a radio interferometer
Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces Leda, a Spartan queen. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces , children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra , children of her husband Tyndareus , the King of Sparta .
The moon is the namesake of Europa, in Greek mythology the daughter of the Phoenician king of Tyre. Like all the Galilean satellites, Europa is named after a lover of Zeus, the Greek counterpart of Jupiter. Europa was courted by Zeus and became the queen of Crete. [33]
Articles relating to Leda and her depictions. She was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen. According to Ovid, she was famed for her beautiful black hair and snowy skin. Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and later art of Leda and the Swan.
LEDA 74886, also known by its 2MASX designation 2MASX J03404323-1838431, and sometimes known as the Emerald-cut Galaxy, [4] is a dwarf galaxy with a rare rectangular shape. [2] It is located at a distance of about 70,000,000 light-years (21 Mpc) in the Eridanus constellation . [ 5 ]