Lysithea

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Lysithea is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter, classified among its prograde Pasiphae group of satellites.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lysithea canonical 1
Lysithea (mythology) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
outer moon of Jupiter ⓘ
prograde irregular satellite ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude ~11.7 ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
alternativeName Jupiter X ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter XI

S/1938 J 1 ⓘ
belongsTo Jupiter’s irregular satellites ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system ⓘ
celestialBodyType irregular satellite ⓘ
color grey ⓘ
diameter ~36 km ⓘ
discoveredBy Seth Barnes Nicholson ⓘ
discoveryDesignation Jupiter X ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter XI
discoveryMethod ground-based optical observation ⓘ
discoverySite Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
discoveryYear 1938 ⓘ
eccentricity moderate ⓘ
escapeVelocity very low ⓘ
gravitationallyBoundTo Jupiter ⓘ
groupClassification Himalia group ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonance none known ⓘ
hasParentBody Jupiter ⓘ
inclination ~28° to Jupiter’s equator ⓘ
isPartOf Jupiter’s satellite system ⓘ
isSmallerThan Himalia ⓘ
locatedIn outer region of Jupiter’s satellite system ⓘ
meanDensity low ⓘ
meanRadius ~18 km ⓘ
memberOf Himalia group ⓘ
namedAfter Lysithea (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Lysithea

Lysithea, a lover of Zeus ⓘ
namedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
observedBy ground-based telescopes ⓘ
orbitalDirection prograde ⓘ
orbitalPeriod ~259 Earth days ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
rotation synchronous rotation assumed ⓘ
semiMajorAxis ~11.7 million km from Jupiter ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
spectralType C-type (carbonaceous-like) ⓘ
surfaceComposition dark, likely carbon-rich material ⓘ
surfaceFeatureResolution unresolved in most images ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lysithea → namedAfter → Lysithea (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Lysithea