Pasiphae: Asteroid Chunk Moon of Jupiter
Pasiphae is a gray retrograde moon of the planet Jupiter, and is believed to be a chunk of a C-class asteroid that broke apart in a collision during capture by Jupiter's gravity.
For a listing of all moons, see Moons of the Planets.
Pasiphae Facts
- Mass (kg)
- 1.91e+17
- Radius (km)
- 25
- Density (gm/cm3)
- 2.9
- Distance from planet (km)
- 23,500,000
- Rotational period (days)
- -
- Orbital period (days)
- -735
- Orbital velocity (km/sec)
- -2.32
- Eccentricity of orbit
- 0.378
- Inclination of orbit (°)
- 147
- Albedo
- -
- Magnitude (Vo)
- 17.03
- Atmosphere