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Vinony's link graph records 102 inbound references to Philophrosyne, and connects out to list of moons of Jupiter, orbital inclination and orbital eccentricity.
Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 2003, Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard and Irregular satellites.
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Scott Sheppard et al.
- Designation
- Jupiter LVIII
- Pronunciation
- / f ɪ l ə ˈ f r ɒ s ə n iː / or /- ˈ f r ɒ z ə n iː /
- Named after
- Φιλοφροσύνη Philophrosynē
- Alternative names
- S/2003 J 15
- Adjectives
- Philophrosynean / f ɪ ˌ l ɒ f r ə z ə ˈ n iː ə n /
- Observation arc
- 21 years, 2024-12-03 (last obs)
- Semi major axis
- 22 819 950 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- −701.3 days
- Inclination
- 143.6°
- Satellite of
- Jupiter
- Group
- Pasiphae group
- Mean diameter
- 2 km
- Absolute magnitude h
- 16.60 (25 obs)
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Wikidata facts
- Parent body
- Jupiter
- Orbital period
- 701.3
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2003-02-06
- provisional designation
- S/2003 J 15
- albedo
- 0.04
- discoverer or inventor
- Scott S. Sheppard
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.194
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 22819950
- apparent magnitude
- 23.5
- orbital inclination
- 143.6
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Encyclopedic overview
Philophrosyne (/fɪləˈfrɒsəniː/ or /fɪləˈfrɒzəniː/), also Jupiter LVIII and provisionally known as S/2003 J 15, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003, but then lost. It was recovered in 2017 and given its permanent designation that year.
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Philophrosyne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.