Description
Overview:
Galatea is a moon which orbits the planet Neptune. Galatea maintains a mean distance from Neptune of 61,953 km. It takes Galatea 0.43 days to revolve around its planet.
Details:
Galatea is a relatively small moon for our solar system with a diameter of 158 km. Galatea has an orbital eccentricity of 0 and an orbit inclindation of 0.05 degrees.
Discovery:
This satellite was discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989.
