In
Greek mythology,
Pasiphae was the wife of King
Minos of
Crete. She was the mother of the
Minotaur, after a curse from
Poseidon caused her to mate with a white bull
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Pasiphae ("pah SIF ah ee") is a moon of Jupiter.
It was discovered in 1908 by P. Melotte and named after the wife of Minos and mother of the Minotaur from Greek legend.
- Orbital radius: 23,500,000 km
- diameter: 50 km
- mass: 1.91×2017 kg
- Orbital period: 735 days
- Orbital inclination: 148°
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