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Outer moon of Jupiter
Lysithea is a
prograde
irregular satellite of
Jupiter . It was discovered by
Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938 at
Mount Wilson Observatory
[1] and is named after the mythological
Lysithea , daughter of
Oceanus and one of
Zeus ' lovers.
[10]
Lysithea did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as Jupiter X . It was sometimes called "
Demeter "
[11] from 1955 to 1975.
It belongs to the
Himalia group , moons orbiting between 11 and 13
Gm from Jupiter at an inclination of about 28.3°.
[12] Its orbital elements are as of January 2000. They are continuously changing due to
solar and planetary perturbations. It is gray in color (B−V=0.72, V−R=0.36, V−I=0.74) and intermediate between C-type and P-type asteroids.
[13]
[6]
Lysithea observed by the
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft in 2014
See also
References
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a
b Nicholson, S. B. (October 1938).
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doi :
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S2CID
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^
"Lysithea" .
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^ Cf. also 'Lysithous' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ Yenne (1987) The Atlas of the Solar System .
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b
"M.P.C. 115890" (PDF) . Minor Planet Circular . Minor Planet Center. 27 August 2019.
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d Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Mainzer, A. K.; Masiero, J. R.; Nugent, C. R.; Cutri, R. M.; et al. (August 2015).
"NEOWISE: Observations of the Irregular Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn" (PDF) . The Astrophysical Journal . 809 (1): 9.
arXiv :
1505.07820 .
Bibcode :
2015ApJ...809....3G .
doi :
10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/3 .
S2CID
5834661 . 3.
^ Gomes-Júnior, A. R. (April 2021).
"The Irregular Satellites of the Giant Planets" (PDF) . Journal for Occultation Astronomy . 11 (2): 3–9.
Bibcode :
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^ Luu, Jane (September 1991). "CCD photometry and spectroscopy of the outer Jovian satellites". Astronomical Journal . 102 : 1213–1225.
Bibcode :
1991AJ....102.1213L .
doi :
10.1086/115949 .
ISSN
0004-6256 .
^ Sheppard, Scott.
"Scott S. Sheppard - Jupiter Moons" . Department of Terrestrial Magnetism . Carnegie Institution for Science. Retrieved 26 November 2020 .
^ Marsden, Brian G. (7 October 1975).
"Satellites of Jupiter" .
International Astronomical Union .
^ Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia; Katherine Haramundanis (1970). Introduction to Astronomy . Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:
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ISBN
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^ Jacobson, R.A. (2000).
"The orbits of outer Jovian satellites" (PDF) . Astronomical Journal . 120 (5): 2679–2686.
Bibcode :
2000AJ....120.2679J .
doi :
10.1086/316817 .
S2CID
120372170 .
^ Grav, Tommy; Holman, M. J.; Gladman, B. J.; Aksnes, K. (2003). "Photometric survey of the irregular satellites". Icarus . 166 (1): 33–45.
arXiv :
astro-ph/0301016 .
Bibcode :
2003Icar..166...33G .
doi :
10.1016/j.icarus.2003.07.005 .
S2CID
7793999 .
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