Autonoe (moon)

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Autonoe ( Jupiter XXVIII) is one of the smaller outer moons of Jupiter.

Discovery

Autonoe was discovered on 10 December 2001 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. It was initially provisional designation S/2001 J 1

It was named after the moon Autonoe, the sister of Semele, a lover of Zeus in Greek mythology.

Path data

Autonoe orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,039,000 km in 762 days and 17 hours. The track has an eccentricity of 0.334. With an inclination of 152.9 °, the track is retrograde, that is, the moon moves against the direction of rotation of Jupiter around the planet.

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

Physical data

Autonoe has an average diameter of about 4 km. Their density is estimated to be 2.6 g / cm ³. It is probably made ​​up predominantly of silicate rock. Autonoe has a very dark surface with an albedo of 0.04, which means that only 4% of the incident sunlight is reflected. Their apparent brightness is 22.0 m.

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