Pasithee

E642775

Pasithee is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of outer Jovian satellites.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pasithee canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Carme group member ⓘ
moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
retrograde satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
apoapsis about 29,800,000 km from Jupiter ⓘ
belongsTo Carme group ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalFamily Carme family ⓘ
discoveredBy Brian G. Marsden ⓘ
David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
discoveryAnnouncement International Astronomical Union Circular in 2002 ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescopic observations ⓘ
discoveryYear 2001 ⓘ
dynamicalClass retrograde irregular Jovian satellite ⓘ
groupCharacteristic shares similar eccentricity with Carme group ⓘ
shares similar inclination with Carme group ⓘ
shares similar semi-major axis with Carme group ⓘ
hemisphere northern celestial hemisphere (apparent position from Earth) ⓘ
location Jovian system ⓘ
meanDiameter approximately 2 km ⓘ
meanOrbitalSpeed slow compared to inner Galilean moons ⓘ
meanRadius approximately 1 km ⓘ
namedAfter Greek goddess Pasithea ⓘ
linked to: Pasithea

Pasithea ⓘ
one of the Charites ⓘ
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
observedFrom Mauna Kea Observatories ⓘ
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity about 0.29 ⓘ
orbitalInclination about 166 degrees ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 719 Earth days ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
parentPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
periapsis about 16,400,000 km from Jupiter ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2001 J6 ⓘ
rotationState likely tidally un-synchronized ⓘ
semiMajorAxis about 23,100,000 km ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
solarSystemBodyType outer irregular satellite of Jupiter ⓘ
spectralType D-type (assumed, Carme-group-like) ⓘ
surfaceComposition dark, likely carbon-rich material ⓘ

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