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