Leda (moon)

Leda is one of the many moons of Jupiter. It is a small and irregularly shaped moon, designated as Jupiter XX. Leda was discovered in 1974 by astronomers Charles T. Kowal and is named after Leda, a figure from Greek mythology who was the mother of Helen of Troy. The moon has an average diameter of about 20 kilometers (approximately 12 miles) and orbits Jupiter at a distance of approximately 11.2 million kilometers (about 6.