Herse (moon)

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Herse ( Jupiter L) is one of the smaller moons of the planet Jupiter.

Discovery

Herse was discovered on February 6, 2003 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. It was initially provisional designation S/2003 J 17, and was officially named on November 9, 2009, Herse, the daughter of king Cecrops from Greek mythology.

Path data

Herse orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,992,000 km in 714 days, 11 hours and 17 minutes. The track has an eccentricity of 0.2378. With an inclination of 164.917 ° to the ecliptic, the path is retrograde, that is, the moon moves against the direction of rotation of Jupiter around the planet.

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

Physical data

Herse has a diameter of about 2 km. Its density is estimated to be 2.6 g / cm ³. He is probably made ​​up predominantly of silicate rock. It has a very dark surface with an albedo of 0.04, i.e., only 4% of the incident sunlight is reflected.

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