Pasiphae

Also known as Pasiphaë, Jupiter VIII, 1908 CJ

moon of Jupiter

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Pasiphae is a moon that orbits Jupiter, one of the largest planets in our solar system. It was likely captured from the asteroid belt due to its unusual distant and tilted orbit compared to Jupiter's other moons.

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Radius: 30
Mass: 300
Orbital period: -722.34
Image: Pasiphaé.jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1908-01-27
orbital eccentricity: 0.2953
albedo: 0.04
semi-major axis of an orbit: 23912238
apparent magnitude: 17
orbital inclination: 153.40903
temperature: 124
surface gravity: 0.022
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Pasiphae /pəˈsɪfeɪ.iː/, 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.

Discovery and Naming