Aoede is a small irregular moon of Jupiter, about four kilometres across, and a member of the Pasiphae group of retrograde moons. It orbits at a great distance from the planet, in the opposite direction to Jupiter's rotation, and the group is believed to be made of fragments of a captured body. Aoede was discovered in a survey of the outer moons by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. It is named after one of the original Muses of Greek tradition, a daughter of Zeus associated with song, which suits the practice of naming Jupiter's moons after the descendants of Zeus.
Before and after
- 6 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 16
- 6 February 2003Discovery of Philophrosyne
- 6 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 23
- 8 February 2003Discovery of Herse
- 8 February 2003Discovery of Aoede
- 8 February 2003Discovery of Hegemone
- 8 February 2003Discovery of Kore
- 8 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 12
- 9 February 2003Discovery of Carpo
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