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Leda

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Leda (pronounced "LEE duh") is the smallest of Jupiter's known [[moon]s. It was discovered by Kowal in 1974, and is named after the queen of Sparta who was the mother of Pollux and Helen of Troy (Zeus, in the form of a swan, was the father).


  • Orbital radius: 11,094,000 km
  • diameter: 16 km
  • mass: 5.68*1015 kg
  • Orbital period: 238.7 days
  • Orbital inclination: 26.7°



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