What is Hegemone (moon)?
'''Hegemone''' or '''{{nowrap|Jupiter XXXIX}}''', is a [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. It was found by a team of [[astronomer]]s from the [[University of Hawaii]] led by [[Scott S. Sheppard]] in 2003, and given the designation '''{{nowrap|S/2003 J 8}}'''.<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08000/08088.html IAUC 8088: ''S/2003 J 8''] 2003 March 6 (discovery)</ref><ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K03/K03E24.html MPEC 2003-E24: ''S/2003 J 8''] 2003 March 6 (discovery and ephemeris)</ref> Hegemone is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,703,000&nbsp;km in 745.500 days, at an [[inclination]] of 153° to the [[ecliptic]] (151° to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.4077. It was named in March 2005 after [[Hegemone]], one of the [[Charites|Graces]], and a daughter of [[Zeus]] (Jupiter).<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08500/08502.html IAUC 8502: ''Satellites of Jupiter''] 2005 March 30 (naming the moon)</ref> Hegemone 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°. == Popular Culture == Season 2 Episode 11 of the expanse saw the hero ship hiding behind the moon == References == {{reflist}} <br />{{Moons of Jupiter}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]]