Lysithea

Jupiter X

Lysithea [ly-SITH-ee-uh] is the eleventh known satellite of Jupiter. Lysithea was a daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus's lovers. Very little is known about Lysithea.

Lysithea Statistics

Discovered by .................................. S. Nicholson
Date of discovery ...................................... 1938

Mass (kg) .......................................... 7.77e+16
Mass (Earth = 1) ................................. 1.3002e-08
Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 18
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 2.8222e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................. 3.1

Mean distance from Jupiter (km) .................. 11,720,000
Rotational period (days) .................................. ?
Orbital period (days) ................................ 259.22
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ......................... 3.29

Orbital eccentricity .................................. 0.107
Orbital inclination ................................... 29.02°

Escape velocity (km/sec) ............................. 0.0240

Visual geometric albedo ................................... ?
Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 18.4

Jupiter Himalia Elara

Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.