Aoede (moon)

Aoede or , is a moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003. It received the designation .

Aoede is about  in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of  in 714.657 days, at an inclination of 160° to the ecliptic (162° to Jupiter's equator), 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.

Aoede belongs to the Pasiphaë group, non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between  and , and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.

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Category:Jupiter's moons