What is Hermippe (moon)?
'''Hermippe''' or '''{{nowrap|Jupiter XXX}}''', 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 3}}'''.<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> Hermippe is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 21,182,000&nbsp;km in 629.809 days, at an [[orbital inclination]] of 151° to the [[ecliptic]] (149° to Jupiter's equator), with an [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.2290. It was named in August 2003 by the [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]], after [[Hermippe]], a lover of [[Zeus]] (Jupiter).<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08177.html IAUC 8177: ''Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus''] 2003 August 8 (naming the moon)</ref> Hermippe belongs to the [[Ananke group]], retrograde non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moons which orbit Jupiter between 19,300,000 and 22,700,000&nbsp;km, at inclinations of about 150°. == References == {{reflist}} <br />{{Moons of Jupiter}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]]