Leda

A confirmed moon in the Jupiter system.

Named · Jupiter XIII

Snapshot 2026-09-09 · catalog 1.0.0

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Physical measurements

Mean radius
— No value in the admitted source set.
GM · gravitational parameter
— No value in the admitted source set.
Mass
— Mass requires an admitted GM estimate.
Mean density
— No value in the admitted source set.

PCK reference shape axes: ≈ 5 × ≈ 5 × ≈ 5 km. These are model axes, not a mapped surface.

Orbit descriptions

Mean elements describe an average orbit. They are not positions for a chosen date.

JUP347 · ecliptic plane · 2000-01-01.5 TDB
Semimajor axis
11,145,200 km
Sidereal period
240.326 days
Eccentricity
0.162
Inclination to reference plane
28.2°
Argument of periapsis
271.3°
Mean anomaly
232.6°
Ascending node
216.9°
Apsidal / nodal precession periods
194.9 / 309.4 years
Reference-plane pole RA / Dec
— / —°
Plane tilt to parent equator
—°
Reference center
Not specified in this summary sourceThe summary table identifies a parent system but does not explicitly specify the reference center for each solution. Do not infer a physical-primary center, especially for Pluto’s circumbinary moons.

Orientation

No supported orientation model in the admitted PCK source.

Identity & availability

Stable catalog ID
leda
JPL / NAIF satellite ID
513
Names & designations
Leda
Discovery / rediscovery years
1974C.T. Kowal

No validated dated trajectory admitted in catalog 1.0.0. Mean elements are not ephemerides.

No image or global texture admitted in this catalog release.No environment measurements admitted in this catalog release.

Sources & evidence

  1. JPL discovery circumstancestable tr[17] (zero-based); jupiter / Leda · References: IAU WGPSN
  2. MPC planetary satellite listitems[3]; Jupiter 13
  3. MPC satellite namesitems[91]; Jupiter 13
  4. JPL mean orbital elements#sat_elem row ID=18; Jupiter / Leda / NAIF 513 · References: 47
  5. NAIF PCK 00011BODY513_RADII; active data block

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