SETI bioastro: Names for New Moons of Jupiter

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 09:45:42 PST

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NAMES FOR NEW MOONS OF JUPITER

>From Vinzenz Lübben <vluebben@yahoo.com>

IAUC #7998 (URL: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07998.html) lists the
names for 11 moons of Jupiter discovered in 1999 and 2000. These names
maintain the traditional a and e groups as well as creating a new group, o,
for prograde-revolving satellites at around 7 million km from Jupiter.

Jupiter XVII Callirrhoe = S/1999 J 1
Jupiter XVIII Themisto = S/1975 J 1 = S/2000 J 1
Jupiter XIX Magaclite = S/2000 J 8
Jupiter XX Taygete = S/2000 J 9
Jupiter XXI Chaldene = S/2000 J 10
Jupiter XXII Harpalyke = S/2000 J 5
Jupiter XXIII Kalyke = S/2000 J 2
Jupiter XXIV Iocaste = S/2000 J 3
Jupiter XXV Erinome = S/2000 J 4
Jupiter XXVI Isonoe = S/2000 J 6
Jupiter XXVII Praxidike = S/2000 J 7

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