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    Pasiphaë

    The largest of the outer irregular satellites of Jupiter; also known as Jupiter VIII.


    Discovery 1908, by Philibert Jacques Melotte
    Semimajor axis 23,609,000 km (14,673,000 miles)
    Diameter 60 km (37 miles)
    Mean density 2.6 g/cm3
    Escape velocity 0.028 km/s
    Orbital period -741.09 days (retrograde)
    Orbital eccentricity 0.374
    Orbital inclination 141.80°


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