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Lysithea is a small moon that orbits the planet Jupiter. It is one of many moons in Jupiter's system and helps scientists understand the composition and formation of Jupiter's celestial neighborhood.
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Wikidata facts
- Radius
- 18
- Mass
- 63
- Orbital period
- 258.57
- Image
- Lysithea 2MASS JHK color composite.png
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1938-07-06
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.11
- albedo
- 0.04
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 11665380
- apparent magnitude
- 18.3
- orbital inclination
- 26.29254
- Commons category
- Lysithea (moon)
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Lysithea /laɪˈsɪθiə/, also known as Jupiter X, is one of the larger irregular satellites of Jupiter.
Discovery and naming