The Pasiphae group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphae and are thought to have a common origin.
Their semi-major axes (distances from Jupiter) range between 22.6 and 24.3 million km (similar range as the Carme group), their inclinations between 141.5° and 157.3°, and their eccentricities between 0.22 and 0.44.
The members of the Pasiphae group are:[1]
| Name | Diameter (km)[2] |
Period (days)[3][note 1] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasiphae | 58 | –743.61 | largest member and group prototype |
| Sinope | 38 | –758.85 | red colour |
| Callirrhoe | 7 | –758.87 | reddish colour |
| Megaclite | 6 | –752.86 | reddish colour |
| Autonoe | 4 | –761.00 | |
| Eurydome | 3 | –717.31 | |
| Sponde | 2 | –748.29 | |
| Hegemone | 3 | –739.81 | |
| Aoede | 4 | –761.42 | |
| Cyllene | 2 | –751.97 | |
| Kore | 2 | –776.76 | |
| S/2011 J 2 | 1 | –718.32 | |
| Philophrosyne | 2 | –702.54 | |
| S/2017 J 1 | 2 | –756.41 | |
| S/2017 J 6 | 2 | –733.99 | |
| S/2003 J 4 | 2 | –718.10 | |
| S/2003 J 23 | 2 | –760.00 | |
| S/2016 J 4 | 1 | –727.01 |
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) reserves names ending in -e for all retrograde moons.
- ^ Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Carolyn Porco Jupiter's outer satellites and Trojans, In: Jupiter. The planet, satellites and magnetosphere. Edited by Fran Bagenal, Timothy E. Dowling, William B. McKinnon. Cambridge planetary science, Vol. 1, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-81808-7, 2004, p. 263 - 280 Full text(pdf). Archived 2007-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Scott S. Sheppard Moons of Jupiter, Scott S. Sheppard Carnegie Science, [1], Retrieved 25 January 2024
- ^ Planetary Satellite Mean Elements, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, [2], Retrieved 25 January 2024
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