What is Sponde (moon)?
'''Sponde''' or '''{{nowrap|Jupiter XXXVI}}''', is a [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. It was found by a team of astronomers from the [[University of Hawaii]] led by [[Scott S. Sheppard]] in 2001, and given the designation '''{{nowrap|S/2001 J 5}}'''.<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07900.html IAUC 7900: ''Satellites of Jupiter''] 2002 May 16 (discovery)</ref><ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K02/K02J54.html MPEC 2002-J54: ''Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter''] 2002 May 15 (discovery and ephemeris)</ref> Sponde is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 24,253,000&nbsp;km in 771.604 days, at an [[inclination]] of 154° to the [[ecliptic]] (156° to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.443. It was named in August 2003 after one of the [[Horae]] (Hours), which presided over the seventh hour (libations poured after lunch).<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08177.html IAUC 8177: ''Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus''] 2003 August 8 (naming the moon)</ref> The Hours, goddesses of the time of day but also of the seasons, were daughters of [[Zeus]] (Jupiter) and [[Themis]]. It belongs to the [[Pasiphaë group]], non-[[Sphere|spherical]] retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22,800,000 and 24,100,000&nbsp;km, and with [[inclination]]s ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°. == References == {{reflist}} <br />{{Moons of Jupiter}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]]