Megaclite / Science
Science · Megaclite
Almost nothing has been published about Megaclite on its own, so this page uses three family-level papers, all free to read on arXiv, about the group it belongs to. Each one is clearly labeled “Family-level”.
Our own artist's impression. No figures are taken from the papers.
What Megaclite is made of and how its surface behaves.
What they foundHimalia, Elara and Carme have dark surfaces like carbon-rich meteorites.
Family-level context: this paper studies three larger irregular moons of Jupiter (Himalia, Elara and Carme), not Megaclite specifically.
IRTF near-infrared spectra and spectral unmixing.
How Megaclite moves, and the gravity and sunlight forces that shape its path.
What they foundThe orbits of the Ananke, Carme and Pasiphae groups follow describable statistical distributions.
Family-level context: this paper studies the orbits of the Ananke, Carme and Pasiphae groups as populations, not Megaclite specifically.
Statistical tests of 19 distributions on orbital elements.
Where Megaclite came from and how it formed and changed over time.
What they foundJWST spectra show Jupiter's irregular moons have varied origins; small moons track the colours of their family's largest member.
Family-level context: this paper studies eight of Jupiter's larger irregular moons, including Carme, Ananke and Pasiphae, the namesakes of the retrograde groups, not Megaclite specifically.
JWST NIRSpec spectra of eight irregular moons.
New papers on Megaclite, checked weekly, summarized after a person reads it.
No new papers on Megaclite this week. We check arXiv every week.
We search arXiv for Megaclite papers and keep the ones that add something new, are clearly written up and are relevant to a general reader. A person reads every abstract.
Summaries are written by us from each paper’s abstract, not copied. Diagrams are our own simplified drawings, not figures from the papers.
“Peer-reviewed” means arXiv lists a journal reference for the paper. Everything else is marked “Preprint”: shared openly, possibly before or without journal review.
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