What is Philophrosyne (moon)?
'''Philophrosyne''' 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]], ''et al.'' in 2003.<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08116.html IAUC 8116: ''Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn''] 2003 April 11 (discovery)</ref><ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K03/K03G17.html MPEC 2003-G17: ''S/2003 J 15''] 2003 April 3 (discovery and ephemeris)</ref> It was called '''{{nowrap|S/2003 J 15}}''' until 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Contest Successfully Finds Names For Jupiter's New Moons |url=https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19054/ |website=www.iau.org |access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> Philophrosyne is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,721,000&nbsp;km in 699.676 days, at an [[inclination]] of 142°<!--- 141.813 ---> to the [[ecliptic]] (142°<!--- 141.776 ---> to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.0932. It is a member of the [[Pasiphaë group|Pasiphae group]], retrograde non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moons which orbit Jupiter between 22,600,000 and 24,300,000&nbsp;km, at inclinations between 141.5° and 157.3°. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Moons of Jupiter}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]]