Key facts
- Discovered by
- Scott S. Sheppard et al.
- Designation
- Jupiter XLI
- Pronunciation
- / eɪ ˈ iː d iː /
- Named after
- Ἀοιδή Aoidē
- Alternative names
- S/2003 J 7
- Adjectives
- Aoedean / ˌ eɪ ə ˈ d iː ə n /
- Observation arc
- 23 years, 2025-12-21 (last obs)
- Semi major axis
- 24 million km
- Orbital period sidereal
- −761.5 days
- Inclination
- 158.3°
- Satellite of
- Jupiter
- Group
- Pasiphae group
- Mean diameter
- 4 km 10 km
- Albedo
- 0.04 (assumed)
- Absolute magnitude h
- 15.48 ( MPC ) 14.11 ± 0.42
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Encyclopedic overview
Aoede /eɪˈiːdiː/, also known as Jupiter XLI, 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 2003. It received the temporary designation S/2003 J 7.
Aoede is about 4 kilometres in diameter, with an estimate as high as 10 km. The 4 km Minor Planet Center estimate is based on 74 observations for the absolute magnitude (H), while the 10 km estimate is based on 6 observations.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aoede” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.