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