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Pasiphae

Jupiter VIII

Proper NamePasiphae
DesignationJupiter VIII
Primary PlanetJupiter
Family / ClassPasiphae group
Orbital Period1 year, 357 days (retrograde)
Distance from JupiterSemi-Major Axis: 23,209,000 km (0.16 AU)
Periapsis: 9,028,000 km (0.06 AU)
Apoapsis: 37,390,000 km (0.25 AU)
Eccentricity0.6110
Rotation PeriodNot known
Mean Diameter57.8 km
35.9 miles

A tiny outer moon of Jupiter, named for a mythical Cretan queen. It pursues an eccentric orbit some twenty-three million kilometres from Jupiter, suggesting that it was originally an asteroid captured by Jupiter's gravity, rather than an original member of the Jovian system. Pasiphae is a small moon with a diameter of no more than fifty kilometres.

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