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Pasiphae
Jupiter VIII

Pasiphae [pah-SIF-ah-ee] is the fifteenth known satellite of Jupiter. Very little is known about Pasiphae.

Pasiphae Statistics
Discovered byP. Melotte
Date of discovery1908
Mass (kg)1.91e+17
Mass (Earth = 1)3.1961e-08
Equatorial radius (km)25
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1)3.9197e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3)2.9
Mean distance from Jupiter (km)23,500,000
Rotational period (days)?
Orbital period (days)-735
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec)-2.32
Orbital eccentricity0.378
Orbital inclination (degrees)147
Escape velocity (km/sec)0.0319
Visual geometric albedo?
Magnitude (Vo)17.03

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