Themisto
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Themisto — moon of Jupiter.
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Key facts
Orbit around Jupiter
130 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 8,782,642 km
- Orbital period
- 130.3 days
- Eccentricity
- 0.2734
- Inclination
- 21.20 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0362 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- C.T. Kowal, E. Roemer (1975), S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, G. Magnier (2000)
Themisto was discovered in 1975, 2000 by C.T. Kowal and colleagues. 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.