Leda may refer to:

Mythology

Leda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Leda (; Ancient Greek: Λήδα ) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen. According to Ovid, she was famed for her beautiful black hair and snowy skin. Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and ...

, queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology

Places

* Leda, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia * Leda makeshift settlement, Bangladesh, a refugee camp for Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar * Leda, Burkina Faso, a town * Leda, Adamawa State, Nigeria, a village - see List of villages in Adamawa State * Leda (river), a tributary of the Ems in Germany * Leda Ridge, Antarctica

Astronomy

Leda (moon) Leda , also known as , is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974, after three nights' worth of photographic plates had been taken (September 11 t ...

, a moon of Jupiter *

38 Leda Leda (minor planet designation: 38 Leda) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer J. Chacornac on January 12, 1856, and named after Leda, the mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology. In the Tholen classi ...

, an asteroid * Leda, the original proposed name for exoplanet Thestias *

Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database (LEDA) was a database of galaxies, created in 1983 at the Lyon Observatory. Each galaxy had a number assigned to it, which is now known as its PGC number. The Principal Galaxies Catalogue The Catalogue o ...

, an astronomical catalog of galaxies *

Large Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages The Large-Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages (LEDA) is designed to detect the spectrum of the 21 cm Hydrogen line from the Intergalactic Medium (IGM) at redshifts of 15-30, when the Universe was just ~1% of its present age. It is loc ...

, a radio interferometer

Entertainment

* '' Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko'', a 1985 Japanese OVA * ''

Web of Passion ''Web of Passion'' (also released as ''Leda'', original French title: ''À double tour'') is a 1959 French/Italian psychological thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel ''The Key to Nicholas Street'' by American writer Sta ...

'', a French film released in the US as ''Leda'' * Project Leda, a set of female clones in the TV series ''

Orphan Black ''Orphan Black'' is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, one of several genetically identical ...

Ships

* ''

Leda-class frigate The ''Leda''-class frigates, were a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates constructed from 1805 to 1832. Based on a French design, the class came in five major groups, all with minor differences in their desig ...

'', a type of frigate in the British Royal Navy * HMS ''Leda'', six ships of the British Royal Navy * TS ''Leda'', a North Sea ferry * ''Leda'' (1807 ship), an English merchant ship and West Indiaman

Persons

Leda Cosmides Leda Cosmides (born May 1957) is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, helped develop the field of evolutionary psychology. Biography Cosmides originally studied biology at Radcliffe College/Harvard Univ ...

(born 1957), American psychologist * Leda Gloria (1912–1997), Italian film actress *

Leda Luss Luyken Leda Luss Luyken, née Valata, (born 1952 in Athens), Greece, is a Greek/American conceptual artist, who lives and works in Germany. Biography Leda Luss-Luyken was educated at the Ecole d'Humanité in Switzerland and studied arts and architectu ...

(born 1952), Greek/American conceptual artist, who lives and works in German *

Leda Mileva Leda Mileva ( Bulgarian: Леда Милева) (5 February 1920 – 5 February 2013) was a Bulgarian communist, writer, translator and diplomat. She was the daughter of Bulgarian poet Geo Milev Geo Milev (born Georgi Milev Kasabov; , in Rad ...

(1920–2013), Bulgarian writer, translator and diplomat *

Leda Nagle Leda Maria Linhares Nagle (born 5 January 1951) is a Brazilian journalist, writer, actress and television presenter. She hosted the program ''Sem Censura'' at TV Brasil for over 20 years. Life and career Nagle was born in Juiz de Fora. She mov ...

(born 1951), Brazilian journalist and TV presenter * Leda Sanford (born 1933), author, speaker, former publisher and former advertising director *

Ferdinando Leda Ferdinando Pereira Leda (born 22 April 1980) is a Brazilian footballer. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a left back. Career Until 2005 Ferdinando played for Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva. Then he was transferred ...

(born 1980), Brazilian football player

Other uses

* Leda clay, also called quick clay, a unique form of marine clay * LEDA, ICAO code for Lleida–Alguaire Airport * Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms (LEDA) * Leda, genus of

Algae Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular micr ...