Laomedeia

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/laomedeia

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who discovered Laomedeia?August 13, 2002
2. What is the type?Irregular moon of Neptune
3. What is the diameter?Approximately 42 kilometers (26 miles)
4. How fast does Laomedeia orbit Neptune?Laomedeia travels around Neptune very quickly, taking only about 13 hours to make one full orbit.
5. Why is Laomedeia called an irregular moon?It is called an irregular moon because its path is very wavy and tilted compared to the other moons. This suggests it was caught by Neptune’s gravity instead of forming there.

Eccentricity: A measure of how much an orbit deviates from a perfect circle.
Inclination: The angle between an object's orbital plane and a reference plane.
Gravitational Capture: The process by which a celestial body's gravity causes another object to orbit it.
Nereid: In Greek mythology, one of the fifty sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus.