Iocaste is a small irregular moon of Jupiter, a few kilometres in diameter, that belongs to the Ananke group of retrograde moons. Its orbit lies far from the planet and runs in the opposite direction to Jupiter's rotation, as is the case with others in the group, which astronomers believe are fragments of a captured body. Iocaste was discovered in a survey of the planet's outer moons by astronomers at the University of Hawaii, in a batch of new moons announced in 2000. Its name is taken from Greek mythology, and its final e shows that the moon has a retrograde orbit.
Before and after
- October 2000Launch of Discogs
- from 6 October 2000 to 15 February 2015Premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- 7 November 20002000 United States presidential election
- 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
More in Universe & space
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- 5 September 1977Launch of Voyager 1
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- 8 July 1979Discovery of Adrastea
- 24 April 1990Launch of Hubble Space Telescope
- 25 December 2021Launch of James Webb Space Telescope
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