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Lysithea (moon)
Lysithea Discovery Discovered by
S. B. Nicholson Discovered in
July 6, 1938 Orbital characteristics Mean radius
11,653,230 km (0.07790 AU) Eccentricity
0.1132 Periapsis
10,334,100 km (0.069 AU) Apoapsis ...
Lysithea
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(lsth´), in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
Lysithea Statistics Discovered byS. Nicholson
Date of discovery1938
Mass (kg)7.77e+16 ...
Lysithea
The eleventh moon from Jupiter's surface is Lysithea. in ancient mythology she was the daughter of Oceanus. Lysithea was discovered in 1938 by Nicholson.
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Lysithea ("ly SITH ee uh") is the eleventh of Jupiter's known satellites: orbit: 11,720,000 km from Jupiter diameter: 36 km mass: 7.77e16 kg Lysithea was a daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus' lovers.
lysimeters (NASA Thesaurus) Instruments for measuring the water percolating through soils and determining the materials dissolved by the water. Lysithea (NASA Thesaurus) A natural satellite of Jupiter orbiting at a mean distance of 11,720, ...
Table 14, the outer eight satellites form two groups: one in which the satellites exhibit retrograde revolution around the planet ( Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae, and Sinope) and the other in which the orbital motion is prograde ( Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, ...
Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Himalia, Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda, Metis, Adrastea, Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, ...
These number five and include Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, and Elara along with the 4km across moon with the name S/2000 J11. These moons orbit between 11,165,000 and 12,656,940 km out, have orbital inclinations between 27.46 and 28.61 degrees.
Still in order after the Galilean Satellites are recently discovered Themisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, and Elara. Then there are four more recently discovered moons, Ananke, and three more moons, of which scientists know little about.
Their names are Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Sinope, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae W1302, W1700, W1704, W1704_2, W1800, W1903_s, W1805, W1902, W1904, W2002_2, and W1700_2. ...
Himalia was discovered in 1904,[10] Elara in 1905,[11] PasiphaĆ" in 1908,[12] Sinope in 1914,[13] Lysithea and Carme in 1938,[14] Ananke in 1951,[15] and Leda in 1974.
are the size of asteroids, and were discovered in the 1900s with more powerful telescopes. Jupiter's moons are (from nearest to furthest from the planet): Metis, Adrastea, Almathea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, ...
 See also: Jupiter, Solar System, Solar, Leda, Elara
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