Autonoe (moon)

Autonoe or , is a moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2001, and given the designation .IAUC 7900: Satellites of Jupiter 2002 May 16 (discovery) MPEC 2002-J54: Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter2002 May 15 (discovery and ephemeris) MPEC 2002-V03: S/2001 J 1 2002 November 1 (revised ephemeris)

Autonoe is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 24,264,000 km in 772.168 days, at an inclination of 151° to the ecliptic (150° to Jupiter's equator), with an orbital eccentricity of 0.369.

It belongs to the Pasiphaë group, non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22,800,000 and 24,100,000 km, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.

Autonoe was named in August 2003 after the Greek mythological figure Autonoe, conquest of Zeus (Jupiter), mother of the Charites (Gracies), according to some authors.

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Category:Jupiter's moons