Cyllene is a small irregular moon of Jupiter, around two kilometres across, belonging to the Pasiphae group of retrograde moons. Its distant orbit runs in the opposite direction to Jupiter's rotation, and the moons in this group are thought to be pieces of a body captured and broken apart by a collision. It was discovered in a search for faint outer moons of Jupiter by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. Its name is taken from Greek mythology, and as a retrograde moon it ends in the letter e.
Before and after
- 8 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 12
- 9 February 2003Discovery of Carpo
- 9 February 2003Discovery of Thelxinoe
- 9 February 2003Discovery of Mneme
- 9 February 2003Discovery of Cyllene
- 16 February 2003Release of Serbian Wikipedia
- 16 February 2003Release of Croatian Wikipedia
- 20 February 2003Release of Lithuanian Wikipedia
- from 26 February 2003 to 31 August 2020War in Darfur
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