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Pasiphae

Moon of Jupiter

Entitymoon of Jupiter irregular moonQ17425

Also known as Pasiphaë · Jupiter VIII · 1908 CJ

Instance of: moon of Jupiter
, irregular moon

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Pasiphae, formerly spelled Pasiphaë, also known as Jupiter VIII, is one of the biggest retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter. As an irregular moon with an eccentric orbit, it gets as far as 35.9 million km from Jupiter.

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Orbits: Jupiter
Discovered: January 27, 1908
Discovered by: Philibert Jacques Melotte
Named after: Pasiphaë
Eccentricity: 0.2953
Albedo: 0.04
Semi-major axis: 23.9M km
Apparent magnitude: 17
Mass: 300 exagram
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1.ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_parRetrieved 2020-09-05
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Inclination: 153.409 degree
Orbital period: -722.34 days
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Radius: 30 km
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Temperature: 124 K sourcing circumstances: mean
Surface gravity: 0.022 metre per square second

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