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Lysithea
The twelfth moon of Jupiter; also known as Jupiter X.
| Discovery | 1938, by Seth Nicholson |
| Semimajor axis | 11,741,600 km (7,297,500 miles) |
| Diameter | 36 km (22 miles) |
| Mean density | 2.6 g/cm3 |
| Escape velocity | 0.022 km/s (79 km/hr, 49 mph) |
| Orbital period | 259.89 days |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Orbital inclination | 27.01° |
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• Jupiter, moons
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• PLANETS AND MOONS
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