Outer moon of Jupiter
Lysithea /l aɪ ˈ s ɪ θ i ə prograde irregular satellite ofJupiter . It was discovered bySeth Barnes Nicholson in 1938 atMount Wilson Observatory [ 1] Lysithea , daughter ofOceanus and one ofZeus ' lovers.[ 10]
Lysithea did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known asJupiter X Demeter "[ 11]
It belongs to theHimalia group , moons orbiting between 11 and 13 Gm from Jupiter at an inclination of about 28.3°.[ 12] solar and planetary perturbations. It is gray[failed verification 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 theWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft in 2014
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