Pasiphae

Jupiter VIII

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Pasiphae [pah-SIF-ah-ee] is the fifteenth known satellite of Jupiter. Very little is known about Pasiphae.

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Pasiphae Statistics

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

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