Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1989, it is named after Proteus, the shape-changing sea god of Greek mythology. Proteus orbits Neptune in a nearly equatorial orbit...

the satellite division of Aérospatiale (in 2016 Thales Alenia Space). In 1993, CNES decided to launch the development of the PROTEUS mini-satellite program...

Look up Proteus or protean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Proteus is an early Greek water god. Proteus may also refer to: Charles Proteus Steinmetz...

before the discovery of the second natural satellite, Nereid, in 1949, and another 40 years passed before Proteus, Neptune's second-largest moon, was discovered...

system and a satellite communications (SATCOM)-based uplink-downlink data system for Proteus' performance and payload data. The Proteus wing was adapted...

(satellite) INSAT-2DT (satellite) Meteosat (satellite) Nahuel 1A (satellite) Proteus (satellite) Spacebus (satellite) Symphonie (satellite) (satellite)...

largest inner moon Proteus, it has been hypothesized that Hippocamp may have accreted from material ejected by an impact on Proteus several billion years...

comparably sized components. Neptune's moon Proteus is the largest irregularly shaped natural satellite; the shapes of Eris' moon Dysnomia and Orcus'...

gravitationally collapsed shape. Proteus is larger than Mimas, the smallest known round satellite. Most known inner satellites are 50 to 200 km across, while...

turboprop-powered General Atomics Altair. Scaled Composites Proteus The manned Scaled Composites Proteus operates at altitudes of 19.8 km (65,000 ft), while carrying...

and seven dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 300 natural satellites, or moons. At least 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally...

Richard J. (2003). "Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS Multiband Photometry of Proteus and Puck". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (2): 1080–1085. Bibcode:2003AJ...

century sealers. The feature is named after the water deity Proteus in Greek mythology. Proteus Lake is situated at the base of Brusen Point and centred...

designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory...

crater on Neptune's moon Proteus. It is named after the island of Pharos, making it the only named surface feature on Proteus as of 2024[update]. It measures...

Richard J. (2003). "Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS Multiband Photometry of Proteus and Puck". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (2): 1080–1085. Bibcode:2003AJ...

unusual for an irregular satellite.) Nereid also accounts for about 98% of the mass of Neptune's entire irregular satellite system altogether (excluding...

Larissa, also known as Neptune VII, is the fifth-closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Larissa, a lover of Poseidon (the Greek equivalent...

The only larger moon known to be irregular in shape is Neptune's moon Proteus. Hyperion has about 15% of the mass of Mimas, the least massive known ellipsoidal...

planets Neptune Rings of Neptune Complete list of Neptune's natural satellites Proteus Triton Nereid Neptune trojans Neptune-crossing minor planets Non-trojan...

3:1 and 4:2 resonances with Io, respectively. Neptune's regular moons Proteus and Larissa are thought to have passed through a 1:2 resonance a few hundred...

designation (a system introduced by Galileo) as "Jupiter I", or as "the first satellite of Jupiter". The customary English pronunciation of the name is /ˈaɪoʊ/...

planetary-mass moon is a planetary-mass object that is also a natural satellite. They are large and ellipsoidal (sometimes spherical) in shape. Moons...

Portia is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation...

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) is a satellite which forms part of ESA's Living Planet Programme. It is intended to provide new insights into...

Jason-3 is a satellite altimeter created by a partnership of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and...

discovered several natural satellites of outer Solar System planets such as Metis, Puck, Larissa (recovered), Cressida, Thebe and Proteus. The minor planet 6154...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) is a Hong Kong–based commercial operator of communications satellites founded in 1988. It is...

Halimede /hæləˈmiːdiː/, or Neptune IX, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Neptune. It was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Tommy...

origin and location. They include planets, dwarf planets, planetary-mass satellites and free-floating planets, which may have been ejected from a system (rogue...