Pasiphae /pəˈsɪfeɪ.iː/, formerly spelled Pasiphaë, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1908 by Philibert Jacques Melotte...

The Pasiphae group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphae and are thought to have a common origin...

course of the 20th century. Himalia was discovered in 1904, Elara in 1905, Pasiphae in 1908, Sinope in 1914, Lysithea and Carme in 1938, Ananke in 1951, and...

Zeus (Jupiter) of Thebe and Locrus in Greek mythology. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.369. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.2462. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, which is made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter...

in relation to other satellites of the group. Sinope is also known to be in a secular resonance with Jupiter, similar to Pasiphae. However, Sinope can...

the Graces, and a daughter of Zeus (Jupiter). Hegemone belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another...

orbital elements change widely over short intervals. The semi-major axis of Pasiphae, for example, changes as much as 1.5 Gm in two years (single orbit), the...

Cyllene, Greece. She was a daughter of Zeus (Jupiter). It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

and was a daughter of Zeus (Jupiter) by Mnemosyne. Aoede belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

of such distant moons. Nevertheless, the Jovian moons in the Carme and Pasiphae groups orbit at a greater percentage of their primary's Hill radius than...

prograde satellites consist of the Himalia group and three others in groups of one. The retrograde moons are grouped into the Carme, Ananke and Pasiphae groups...

retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.0932. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, retrograde irregular moons that orbit Jupiter between 22.8 and 24...

collected over a long enough time span to confirm the satellite's orbit. S/2016 J 4 is part of the Pasiphae group, a dispersed cluster of distant retrograde...

seasons, were daughters of Zeus (Jupiter) and Themis. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

gravitational influence makes this orbit highly erratic. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

as the mother of the Graces by Zeus (Jupiter). Eurydome belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.497. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.321. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...

wherein an alien from Sirius and another from Saturn pass Jupiter's satellites and land on the planet itself. In the 1800s, writers typically assumed...

eccentricity of 0.28. The moon was initially assumed to be part of the Pasiphae group, but is now known to be part of the Ananke group after it was recovered...

in Antarctica 4341 Poseidon, an asteroid Poseidon, an obsolete name for Pasiphae, a moon of the planet Jupiter The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film), a 1972...

of satellites have had varying histories. The choice of names is often determined by a satellite's discoverer; however, historically some satellites were...

Center. It is believed to be about 2 km in diameter. It is a member of the Pasiphae group. It has an average orbital distance of 23,547,105 km, with an inclination...

The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object...

Lick Observatory, while observing the recently discovered Jupiter moon Pasiphaë, he discovered a new one, Sinope, whose orbit he computed for his Ph.D...

however, and suggest that secular resonance has mixed the Ananke and Pasiphae groups: three of the moons of the former family (Harpalyke, Praxidike and...

about 22,455,000 km with an inclination of about 155.2°. It belongs to the Pasiphae group. S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, Carnegie Science, on line...