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Orthosie is a small moon that orbits Jupiter, one of many celestial bodies in the giant planet's system. While it is too distant and tiny to observe without a telescope, studying moons like Orthosie helps astronomers understand how planetary systems form and evolve.
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- Diameter
- 2
- Mass
- 15
- Orbital period
- 622.56
- Image
- Orthosie-discovery-CFHT-annotated.gif
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- periapsis
- 17255753
- apoapsis
- 20921148
- time of discovery or invention
- 2001-12-11
- provisional designation
- S/2001 J 9
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.337
- albedo
- 0.04
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 20720000
- apparent magnitude
- 23.1
- orbital inclination
- 145.921
- surface gravity
- 0.00081
- Commons category
- Orthosie (moon)
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Orthosie /ɔːrˈθoʊziː/, also known as Jupiter XXXV, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 9.
Orthosie is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 21,075,662 km in 625.07 days, at an inclination of 146.46° to the ecliptic (143° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3376.