Herse

E642784

Herse is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter belonging to the planet’s distant, retrograde satellite group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Herse canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
approximateDiameter about 2 kilometers ⓘ
argumentOfPeriapsis not precisely constrained ⓘ
atmosphere none detected ⓘ
belongsTo Jovian satellite system ⓘ
belongsToCategory Jovian irregular satellites ⓘ
retrograde irregular satellites ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalFamily Pasiphae group ⓘ
belongsToPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
celestialBodyType irregular moon ⓘ
discoveredBy Brian G. Marsden ⓘ
David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations ⓘ
discoverySite Mauna Kea Observatory ⓘ
discoveryYear 2003 ⓘ
eccentricOrbit yes ⓘ
escapeVelocity very low ⓘ
hasRotation yes ⓘ
hasSynchronousRotation unknown ⓘ
inclinationReference to the ecliptic ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Jupiter ⓘ
isTidalLocked likely, but not observationally confirmed ⓘ
longitudeOfPeriapsis not precisely constrained ⓘ
mass very low, not precisely known ⓘ
meanLongitudeOfAscendingNode not precisely constrained ⓘ
meanOrbitalDistanceFromJupiter about 22.1 million kilometers ⓘ
meanOrbitalEccentricity about 0.25 ⓘ
meanOrbitalInclination about 164 degrees to the ecliptic ⓘ
meanRadius about 1 kilometer ⓘ
namedAfter Herse (figure in Greek mythology) ⓘ
namingOrigin Greek mythology ⓘ
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalGroup distant retrograde group of Jupiter moons ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 672 Earth days ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
semiMajorAxis about 22.1 million kilometers ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
solarSystemRegion Jupiter system ⓘ
spectralType likely dark, similar to other Pasiphae group moons ⓘ
surfaceComposition likely dark, carbon-rich material ⓘ
temporaryDesignation S/2003 J 17 ⓘ

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