Hermippe (moon)

Discovery image of Hermippe (Scott Sheppard and David Jewitt in 2001)

Hermippe (/hərˈmɪpiː/ hər-MIP-ee; Greek Ερμίππη), or Jupiter XXX, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii led by David Jewitt and Scott S. Sheppard in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 3.^[1]^[2]

Hermippe is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 21 million kilometers in about 630 days, at an inclination of 151° to the ecliptic (149° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.2290.

It was named in August 2003 by the IAU, after Hermippe, a lover of Zeus (Jupiter).^[3]

Hermippe belongs to the Ananke group, retrograde irregular moons which orbit Jupiter between 19.3 and 22.7 gigametres (0.152 astronomical units), at inclinations of roughly 150°.

References

↑ IAUC 7900: Satellites of Jupiter May 16, 2002 (discovery)
↑ MPEC 2002-J54: Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter May 15, 2002 (discovery and ephemeris)
↑ IAUC 8177: Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus 2003 August (naming the moon)

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Moons of Jupiter

Listed in approximately increasing distance from Jupiter. Temporary names in italics.

Inner moons

Galilean moons

Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto

Themisto group

Themisto

Himalia group

Carpo group

Carpo

S/2003 J 12

S/2011 J 1

Ananke group

Core	Ananke Praxidike Harpalyke Iocaste Euanthe Thyone

Peripheral	Euporie S/2003 J 3 S/2003 J 18 Jupiter LII Thelxinoe Helike Orthosie S/2003 J 16 Hermippe Mneme S/2003 J 15

Carme group

Pasiphae group

S/2003 J 2

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