Pasithee

A confirmed moon in the Jupiter system.

Named · Jupiter XXXVIII · S/2001 J 6

Snapshot 2026-09-09 · catalog 1.0.0

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Physical measurements

Mean radius
— No value in the admitted source set.
GM · gravitational parameter
— No value in the admitted source set.
Mass
— Mass requires an admitted GM estimate.
Mean density
— No value in the admitted source set.

Orbit descriptions

Mean elements describe an average orbit. They are not positions for a chosen date.

JUP347 · ecliptic plane · 2000-01-01.5 TDB
Semimajor axis
22,840,800 km
Sidereal period
705.409 days
Eccentricity
0.274
Inclination to reference plane
164.5°
Argument of periapsis
207.9°
Mean anomaly
237.8°
Ascending node
318°
Apsidal / nodal precession periods
52.6 / 91.3 years
Reference-plane pole RA / Dec
— / —°
Plane tilt to parent equator
—°
Reference center
Not specified in this summary sourceThe summary table identifies a parent system but does not explicitly specify the reference center for each solution. Do not infer a physical-primary center, especially for Pluto’s circumbinary moons.

Orientation

No supported orientation model in the admitted PCK source.

Identity & availability

Stable catalog ID
pasithee
JPL / NAIF satellite ID
538
Names & designations
Pasithee · S/2001 J 6
Discovery / rediscovery years
2001S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna

No validated dated trajectory admitted in catalog 1.0.0. Mean elements are not ephemerides.

No image or global texture admitted in this catalog release.No environment measurements admitted in this catalog release.

Sources & evidence

  1. JPL discovery circumstancestable tr[42] (zero-based); jupiter / Pasithee · References: MPEC 2002-J54
  2. MPC planetary satellite listitems[47]; Jupiter 38
  3. MPC satellite namesitems[116]; Jupiter 38
  4. JPL mean orbital elements#sat_elem row ID=40; Jupiter / Pasithee / NAIF 538 · References: 47

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