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Halimede is a small moon that orbits the planet Neptune in our solar system. It was discovered in 2003 and is one of many moons circling this distant ice giant.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Named after
- Halimede
- Parent body
- Neptune
- Diameter
- 62
- Mass
- 180
- Orbital period
- 1879.08
- Image
- Halimede.jpg
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- provisional designation
- S/2002 N 1
- discoverer or inventor
- Dan Milisavljevic
- time of discovery or invention
- 2002-08-10
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 16560335
- Commons category
- Halimede (moon)
- color index
- 0.35
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.2646
- orbital inclination
- 134.1
- albedo
- 0.04
- periapsis
- 6700000
- apoapsis
- 24700000
- different from
- Halimede
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Encyclopedic overview
Halimede /hæləˈmiːdiː/, or Neptune IX, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Neptune. It was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Tommy Grav, Wesley C. Fraser and Dan Milisavljevic on August 14, 2002.
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