| Proper Name | Pasithee | | Designation | Jupiter XXXVIII | | Primary Planet | Jupiter | | Family / Class | Carme Group | | Orbital Period | 1 year, 346 days (retrograde) | | Distance from Jupiter | Semi-Major Axis: 22,846,700 km (0.15 AU)
Periapsis: 16,678,100 km (0.11 AU)
Apoapsis: 29,015,300 km (0.19 AU) | | Eccentricity | 0.270 | | Rotation Period | Not known | | Mean Diameter | 2 km
1.2 miles | | Notes | This small moon forms part of the Carme Group, a number of irregular satellites following related retrograde orbits around Jupiter. This group of moons (of which the largest, Carme, is some 47 kilometres in diameter) seem to have been created when an larger object was captured and broken apart by Jupiter's gravity. The resulting swarm of moons, apart from Carme, are generally tiny, and Pasithee itself has a diameter of just two kilometres. |
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