Lysithea
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Lysithea — moon of Jupiter.
Open in 3D viewSee Lysithea in the live, interactive 3D map
Key facts
Orbit around Jupiter
260 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 11,537,425 km
- Orbital period
- 260.2 days
- Eccentricity
- 0.1359
- Inclination
- 48.92 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0358 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.B. Nicholson
Lysithea was discovered in 1938 by S.B. Nicholson. Jupiter's moons are named after lovers, daughters and descendants of the god Jupiter (the Greek Zeus). Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.