Leda


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Leda is Jupiter's ninth known moon. Leda's orbit is about 6.8 million miles from Jupiter. Leda has a diameter of 10 miles. The name Leda comes from a queen of Sparta and the mother, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen of Troy. Leda was discovered in 1974 by Kowal. Io has a mass of 5.68e15kg.



The Solar System : Jupiter: Leda

created by Titan Miller,
Burlington Community High School Math Department, Burlington Community High School

last modified: January 5, 2003

URL: www.titanmiller.net/pages/leda.html