Pasiphae
CategoryMoon of Jupiter
SystemSolar System
Diameter60 km
Orbital Period739.8 days
About Pasiphae
The largest member of the retrograde Pasiphae group. Orbits Jupiter backwards, indicating it was captured rather than formed in place. Discovered by Philibert Melotte in 1908. Likely a fragment of a captured C-type asteroid that broke apart long ago. Takes almost two Earth years to circle Jupiter once. More than 20 known moons share its distant backwards orbit.
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