Lysithea (pronounced "ly SITH ee uh") a
moon of
Jupiter. It was discovered by [Seth Barnes Nicholson]
? in
1938 at [Lick Observatory]
? and is named after a daughter of Oceanus
? and one of
Zeus' lovers.
- Orbital radius: 11,720,000 km
- diameter: 36 km
- mass: 7.77*1016 kg
- Orbital period: 259.2 days
- Orbital inclination: 29°
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