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Lysithea ![]()
Lysithea, the eleventh satellite of Jupiter was discovered by S. Nicholson in 1938. In Greek mythology, Lysithea was a daughter of Oceanus (one of Zeus's lovers). There is very little information known about Lysithea.
| PHYSICAL DATA FOR LYSITHEA | |
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| Mass (kg) | 7.77e + 16 |
| Mass (Earth = 1) | 1.3002e - 08 |
| Radius (km) | 18 |
| Radius (Earth = 1) | 12.8222e - 03 |
| Mean Density (g/cm3) | 3.1 |
| Mean Distance from Jupiter (km) | 11,720,000 |
| Magnitude (V0) | 18.4 |
| ORBITAL DATA FOR LYSITHEA | |
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| Rotational period (days) | ? |
| Orbital period (days) | 259.22 |
| Mean orbital velocity (km/s) | 3.29 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 29.02 |
| Escape (km/s) | 0.0240 |
| Albedo | ? |
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