Erinome is a small irregular moon of Jupiter, only about three kilometres across, belonging to the Carme group of retrograde moons. They orbit the planet at a great distance in the opposite direction to its rotation, and are thought to be fragments of a captured body. Erinome was discovered in a survey of the outer moons of Jupiter by astronomers at the University of Hawaii, in a batch of new moons announced in 2000. Its name comes from Greek mythology, and its final e marks its retrograde orbit.
Before and after
- 9 November 2000Discovery of Albiorix
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Iocaste
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Praxidike
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Harpalyke
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Erinome
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Kalyke
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Isonoe
- 25 November 2000Discovery of Taygete
- 25 November 2000Discovery of Megaclite
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- 19 January 2006Launch of New Horizons
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