Aoede (moon)

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Aoede ( Jupiter XLI) is one of the smaller moons of the planet Jupiter.

Discovery

Aoede was discovered on February 8, 2003 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. The moon has received on 30 March 2005 the name Aoede ( the Muse Aoide ) of the International Astronomical Union ( IAU).

Path data

Aoede orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23.98 million km in 761.5 days. The track has an eccentricity of 0.4322. With an inclination of 158.257 ° the web is retrograde, that is, the moon moves against the direction of rotation of Jupiter around the planet.

Because of their web properties is Aoede the Pasiphae group, named after Jupiter's moon Pasiphae assigned.

Physical data

Aoede has a diameter of about 4 km. Their density is estimated to be 2.6 g / cm ³, provided that it is predominantly composed of siliceous rock. It has a very dark surface with an albedo of 0.04, i.e., only 4% of the incident solar light is reflected. Their apparent brightness is 22.5 m.

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