Erinome (moon)

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Erinome ( Jupiter XXV) is one of the smaller outer moons of Jupiter.

Discovery

Erinome was discovered on 23 November 2000 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. He first received the provisional designation S/2000 J 4

The moon was named after Erinome from Greek mythology, the daughter of Celes, which was forced to love with Zeus.

Path data

Erinome orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,196,000 km in 728 days, 12 hours and 14 minutes. The track has an eccentricity of 0.2665. With an inclination of 164.934 ° 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 Erinome the Carme group, named after Jupiter's moon Carme assigned.

Physical data

Erinome has an average diameter of about 3 km. Its density is estimated to be 2.6 g / cm ³, which is derived from the assumption of an assembly of mainly silicate rocks. Erinome has a very dark surface with an albedo of 0.04, which means that only 4% of the incident sunlight is reflected. The apparent magnitude is 22.8 m.

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