Kore (moon)
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Kore Template:IPAc-en, also known as Jupiter XLIX, is one of the outermost named natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003 and given the provisional designation S/2003 J 14 until its naming in 2007.[1][2][3] It was the 49th moon of Jupiter discovered.[4]
Kore is about 2 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 24 million km in 751 days, at an inclination of 139°, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.409.[5]
It belongs to the Pasiphae group, which is made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22.8 and 24.1 million km, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.
It was named after Kore, another name for the Greek goddess Persephone (from the Greek κόρη, "daughter [of Demeter]").[3]
References
- ↑ IAUC 8116: Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn Template:Webarchive 2003 April (discovery)
- ↑ MPEC 2003-G10: S/2003 J 14 2003 April (discovery and ephemeris)
- ↑ a b IAUC 8826: Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn 2007 April (naming the moon)
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