Lysithea

moon of Jupiter
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Lysithea
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Lysithea

Summary

Lysithea is a moon of Jupiter[1]. Lysithea draws 201 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #14 of 91).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lysithea is credited with the discovery of Seth Barnes Nicholson[3].
  • Lysithea's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter[4].
  • Lysithea's instance of is recorded as irregular moon[5].
  • Lysithea's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Wilson Observatory[6].
  • Lysithea is named after Lysithea[7].
  • Lysithea's Commons category is recorded as Lysithea (moon)[8].
  • Lysithea's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter[9].
  • Lysithea's time of discovery or invention is recorded as July 6, 1938[10].
  • Lysithea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}[11].
  • Lysithea's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.3'}[12].
  • Lysithea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.29254'}[13].
  • Lysithea's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+63'}[14].
  • Lysithea's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+18'}[15].
  • Lysithea's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+258.57'}[16].
  • Lysithea's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+11665380'}[17].
  • Lysithea's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include moon of Jupiter[4] and irregular moon[5].

Origins

Lysithea is named after Lysithea[7].

Why It Matters

Lysithea draws 201 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #14 of 91).[2] Lysithea has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Lysithea is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Astronomic symbol image Lysithea symbol (fixed width).svg
    Albedo {'amount': '+0.04'}
    Parent astronomical body Jupiter
    Orbital inclination {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.29254'}
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P367]]: Lysithea symbol (fixed width).svg"
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