What is Orthosie (moon)?
'''Orthosie''' or '''{{nowrap|Jupiter XXXV}}''', 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 Sheppard]] in 2001, and given the designation '''{{nowrap|S/2001 J 9}}'''.<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> Orthosie is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 20,568,000&nbsp;km in 602.619 days, at an [[inclination]] of 142° to the [[ecliptic]] (143° to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.2433. It was named in August 2003 after [[Orthosie]], the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[goddess]] of prosperity and one of the [[Horae]].<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 Horae (Hours) were daughters of [[Zeus]] and [[Themis]]. Orthosie 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]]