Everything Totally Explained


Ask & we'll explain, totally!
Lysithea (moon)
Totally Explained


  NEW! All the latest news in the worlds of computer gaming, entertainment, the environment,  
finance, health, politics, science, stocks & shares, technology and much, much, more.  


View this entry using RSS

Everything about Lysithea Moon totally explained

Lysithea (lye-sith'-ee-ə,, or lə-sith'-ee-ə, /lɨˈsɪθiə/; Greek Λυσιθέα) is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938 at Mount Wilson Observatory Lysithea didn't receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as . It was sometimes called "Demeter" from 1955 to 1975.
   It belongs to the Himalia group, five moons orbiting between 11 and 13 Gm from Jupiter at an inclination of about 28.3°. Its orbital elements are as of January 2000. They are continuously changing due to Solar and planetary perturbations.

Further Information

Get more info on 'Lysithea Moon'.


External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

    <a href="http://lysithea__moon.totallyexplained.com">Lysithea (moon) Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
   As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.



Copyright © 2007-8 totallyexplained.com | Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License | Site Map
This article contains text from the Wikipedia article Lysithea (moon) (History) and is released under the GFDL | RSS Version