Pasithee (moon)

Short description: Moon of Jupiter

Pasithee

Discovery images of Pasithee by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in December 2001

Discovery [1]
Discovered by| Scott S. Sheppard
David C. Jewitt
Jan T. Kleyna
Discovery site| Mauna Kea Observatory
Discovery date| 11 December 2001
Designations

Designation

| Jupiter XXXVIII
Pronunciation| /ˈpæsəθiː/
Named after| Πασιθέα Pāsithea

Alternative names

| S/2001 J 6
Adjectives| Pasithean[2] /pəˈsɪθiən/[3]
Orbital characteristics [4]
Epoch 17 December 2020 (JD 2459200.5)
Observation arc| 16.29 yr (5,949 days)

Semi-major axis

| 0.1535315 astronomical unit|AU (22,967,990 km)
Eccentricity| 0.2097026
Orbital period| –711.12 d
Mean anomaly| 71.98760°
Mean motion| 0° 30m 22.488s / day
Inclination| 164.72796° (to ecliptic)
Longitude of ascending node| 49.07994°

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| 331.51895°
Satellite of| Jupiter
Group| Carme group
Physical characteristics[6]
Mean diameter| 2 km
Albedo| 0.04 (assumed)
Apparent magnitude| 23.2[5]
Absolute magnitude (H)| 16.8[4]

Pasithee /ˈpæsəθiː/, also known as Jupiter XXXVIII, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 6.[7][1]

Pasithee is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,307,000 km in 711.12 days, at an inclination of 166° to the ecliptic (164° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3289.

It was named in August 2003 after Pasithee, one of the Charites, goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility, daughters of Zeus (Jupiter) by Eurynome.[8] Pasithee, better known as Aglaea, is the spouse of Hypnos (Sleep) and presides over hallucinations and hallucinogens.

It belongs to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 Gm and at an inclination of about 165°.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 MPEC 2002-J54: Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter May 15, 2002 (discovery and ephemeris)
2. ↑ Sheila Dillon (1996) "The portraits of a civic benefactor of 2nd-c. Ephesos", Journal of Roman Archaeology, p. 273
3. ↑ per 'Pasithea' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language and "Pasithea". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/Pasithea.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "M.P.C. 127088". Minor Planet Circular. Minor Planet Center. 17 November 2020. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2020/MPC_20201117.pdf.
5. ↑ Sheppard, Scott. "Scott S. Sheppard - Jupiter Moons". Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Carnegie Institution for Science. https://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons.
6. ↑ "Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 19 February 2015. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par#jupiter.
7. ↑ IAUC 7900: Satellites of Jupiter May 16, 2002 (discovery)
8. ↑ IAUC 8177: Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus 2003 August (naming the moon)

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Moons of Jupiter

Listed in approximately increasing distance from Jupiter. Provisional designations in italics.

Inner moons|

* Metis
* Adrastea
* Amalthea
* Thebe

Galilean moons|

* Io
* Europa
* Ganymede
* Callisto

Themisto group|

* Themisto

Himalia group|

* Leda
* Himalia
* Ersa
* Pandia
* Lysithea
* Elara
* Dia

Carpo group|

* Carpo

Valetudo group|

* Valetudo

Ananke group|

* S/2003 J 12(?)
* Euporie
* Eupheme
* Jupiter LV
* Jupiter LII
* Thelxinoe
* Euanthe
* Helike
* Orthosie
* Jupiter LXVIII
* Jupiter LIV
* Jupiter LXIV
* Iocaste
* S/2003 J 16(?)
* Praxidike
* Harpalyke
* Mneme
* Hermippe
* Thyone
* Jupiter LXX
* Ananke

Carme group|

* Jupiter LXXII
* Herse
* Aitne
* Kale
* Taygete
* Jupiter LXI
* Chaldene
* S/2003 J 10(?)
* Erinome
* Kallichore
* Jupiter LXVI
* Jupiter LXIX
* Kalyke
* Carme
* Jupiter LXIII
* Pasithee
* Jupiter LI
* Eukelade
* Arche
* Isonoe
* S/2003 J 9(?)
* Eirene

Pasiphae group|

* Jupiter LXVII
* Philophrosyne
* S/2003 J 23(?)
* Aoede
* Callirrhoe
* Eurydome
* Kore
* Cyllene
* Jupiter LVI
* Jupiter LIX
* S/2003 J 4(?)
* Pasiphae
* Hegemone
* Sinope
* Sponde
* Autonoe
* Megaclite
* S/2003 J 2(?)

* Rings of Jupiter
* In fiction

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