Lysithea

This natural satellite related article is a stub. You can help Orbiterwiki by expanding it. Lysithea Lysithea from jupiter_iii.zip in Orbiter 2002 Designation Name Lysithea Reference body Jupiter Planetary mean orbits Epoch 1976.606435 Semimajor axis (a) 11717000000 m Eccentricity (e) 0.1124 Inclination (i) 28.302° (0.49396308 radian) Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 5.527896807° (0.09648 radian) Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 242.6017896° (4.2342 radian) Mean longitude (L) 186.429° (3.2538 radian) Selected physical parameters Mean radius 18200 m Mass 7.77×1016 kg Rotation elements SidRotPeriod 22394880 seconds (259.2 days) SidRotOffset 0.05 Obliqutiy 0 LAN 0 Note *Elements given are from Lysithea.cfg (jupiter_ii.zip) Lysithea (Jupiter X) is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at the Mount Wilson Observatory on 6 July 1938. Lysithea was not named until 1975. Pasiphae in Orbiter Lysithea was introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter-iii.zip in October 2002. Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Lysithea Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article Jupiter III AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 28 October 2002 See also Sinope at Wikipedia Gallery Lysithea from jupiter_iii.zip in Orbiter 2002 Near infrared image of Lysithea by 2MASS on 21 September 1988 Jupiter's natural satellites Named Satellites: Adrastea | Aitne | Amalthea | Ananke | Aoede | Arche | Autonoe | Callirrhoe | Callisto | Carme | Carpo | Chaldene | Cyllene | Dia | Eirene | Elara | Erinome | Ersa | Euanthe | Eukelade | Eupheme | Euporie | Europa | Eurydome | Ganymede | Harpalyke | Hegemone | Helike | Hermippe | Herse | Himalia | Io | Iocaste | Isonoe | Kale | Kallichore | Kalyke | Kore | Leda | Lysithea | Megaclite | Metis | Mneme | Orthosie | Pandia | Pasiphae | Pasithee | Philophrosyne | Praxidike | Sinope | Sponde | Taygete | Thebe | Thelxinoe | Themisto | Thyone | Valetudo Numbered Satellites: S/2003 J2 | S/2003 J4 | S/2003 J9 | S/2003 J10 | S/2003 J12 | S/2003 J16 | S/2003 J18 | S/2003 J19 | S/2003 J23 | S/2003 J 24 |S/2010 J1 | S/2010 J2 | S/2011 J1 | S/2011 J2 S/2011 J3 | S/2016 J1 | S/2016 J3 | S/2016 J4 | S/2017 J1 | S/2017 J2 | S/2017 J3 | S/2017 J5 | S/2017 J6 | S/2017 J7 | S/2017 J8 | S/2017 J9 | S/2018 J2 |S/2018 J3 | S/2018 J4 | S/2021 J1 S/2021 J2 | S/2021 J3 | S/2021 J4 | S/2021 J5 | S/2021 J6 | S/2022 J1 | S/2022 J2 | S/2022 J3 The Solar System Central star Sun (Sol) Planets Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune Natural satellites Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more... Add-ons Planets - Dwarf Planets - Small objects - Natural satellites - Alternative star systems