Aitne (moon)

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Aitne ( Jupiter XXXI) is one of the smaller outer moons of Jupiter.

Discovery

Aitne was discovered on December 9, 2001 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. He first received the provisional designation S/2001 J 11

It was named after the moon goddess Aitne from Greek mythology, the personification of the mountains.

Path data

Aitne orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,229,000 km in 730 days, 4 hours and 19 minutes. The track has an eccentricity of 0.2643. With an inclination of 165.091 ° the web is retrograde, that is, the moon moves against the direction of rotation of Jupiter around the planet.

Because of its web properties is Aitne the Carme group, named after Jupiter's moon Carme assigned.

Physical data

Aitne has an average diameter of about 3 km. Its density is estimated to be 2.6 g / cm ³. He is probably made ​​up predominantly of silicate rock. Aitne has a very dark surface with an albedo of 0.04.

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