Pasithee (moon)

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Pasithee ( Jupiter XXXVIII) is one of the smaller outer moons of Jupiter.

Discovery

Pasithee was discovered on 11 December 2001 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. He first received the provisional designation S/2001 J 6

It was named after the moon Pasithea, one of the Charites of Greek mythology.

Path data

Pasithee orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,004,000 km in 719 days, 10 hours and 34 minutes. The track has an eccentricity of 0.2675. With an inclination of 165.138 ° 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 Pasithee the Carme group, named after Jupiter's moon Carme assigned.

Physical data

Pasithee has an average 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. Pasithee has a very dark surface with an albedo of 0.04, i.e., only 4% of the incident sunlight is reflected. Its apparent magnitude is 23.2 m.