Pasiphae
Jupiter VIII
Pasiphae [pah-SIF-ah-ee] is the fifteenth known satellite of Jupiter.
Very little is known about Pasiphae.
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| Discovered by | P. Melotte
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| Date of discovery | 1908
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| Mass (kg) | 1.91e+17
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| Mass (Earth = 1) | 3.1961e-08
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| Equatorial radius (km) | 25
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| Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 3.9197e-03
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| Mean density (gm/cm^3) | 2.9
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| Mean distance from Jupiter (km) | 23,500,000
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| Rotational period (days) | ?
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| Orbital period (days) | -735
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| Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | -2.32
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| Orbital eccentricity | 0.378
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| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 147
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| Escape velocity (km/sec) | 0.0319
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| Visual geometric albedo | ?
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| Magnitude (Vo) | 17.03
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