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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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• Jupiter, moons
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• PLANETS AND MOONS
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