Eurydome (moon)

Eurydome 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) 

Eurydome is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,231,000 km in 723.359 days, at an inclination of 149° to the ecliptic (147° to Jupiter's equator), with an orbital eccentricity of 0.3770.

It was named in August 2003 after Eurydome in Greek mythology, who is sometimes described as the mother of the Graces by Zeus (Jupiter).IAUC 8177: Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus2003 August 8 (naming the moon) 

Eurydome 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°.

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Category:Jupiter's moons