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Natural satellite of Jupiter
Aoede
, also known as
Jupiter XLI
, is a
natural satellite
of
Jupiter
. It was discovered by a team of
astronomers
from the
University of Hawaii
led by
Scott S. Sheppard
in 2003. It received the temporary designation
S/2003 J 7
.
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Aoede is about 10 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,044,000 km in 714.657 days, at an
inclination
of 160° to the
ecliptic
(162° to Jupiter's equator), in a
retrograde
direction and with an
eccentricity
of 0.4311.
It was named in March 2005 after
Aœde
, one of the three original
Muses
. Aœde was the Muse of song, and was a daughter of
Zeus
(Jupiter) by
Mnemosyne
.
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Aoede belongs to the
Pasiphae group
, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22.8 and 24.1 Gm, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.
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