Hippocamp

Hippocamp is a moon of the planet Neptune.

Facts About Hippocamp:

  • Hippocamp is the smallest known moon of Neptune, with a diameter estimated at 34.8 km (21.6 mi)
  • Orbits Neptune in about 23 hours, just under one Earth day.
  • It was discovered using photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope between 2004 and 2009
Classification: Moon (orbiting Neptune)
Names:  Hippocamp, Neptune XIV, S/2004 N1

Discovered:  2013  by Mark Showalter et al.
Naming:  Named after a Greek mythical sea-horse creature.
Magnitude:  26.5000 (app)
Diameter:  34.78 km
Mass:  1.02 kg
Semi-major axis:  105,283 km
Orbital Period:  22.8 hours
Eccentricity:  0.00084000
Albedo:  0.9000
Density:  1.3000 g/cm3
Adjective:  Hippocampian
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